Following the conclusion of a lengthy war, Jenn's father is unable to find work. So Jenn and her parents move the most booming and well-known city in the region--Denethgilne. With her newfound friend, Hannah, Jenn explores the city and finds it to be everything she expected and more. But when Jenn finally makes it into the forbidden Inner City, she discovers that this utopian city is nothing like it appears. And unfortunately for Jenn, it just may be too late...

Jeneria: Defenders of Ausmik is a young adult fantasy novel by Bradley Kim, and the sequel to Jeneria: The White Citadel. Our heroine once again is Jenn, now relying on her uncle for support eight years after her parents' death, and hungering for revenge on the totalitarian ways of the secret order in the city of Denethgilne. Her quest for retribution is fraught with difficulties, not least because a mysterious force appears to be beating them to their locations at every turn, but also in her encounter with the wasting Xomenclature, banished to the Outskirts where city-dwellers fear to tread....