Cinder by Marissa Meyer is a sci-fi Cinderella retelling set in futuristic New Beijing, following Linh Cinder, a cyborg mechanic ostracized by her stepfamily, as she becomes entangled with Prince Kai amidst a deadly plague and political intrigue from the moon's Lunar people, forcing her to uncover secrets about her past and her unique immunity to the disease to save Earth from a looming war and Queen Levana's manipulative agenda.