Born in Dust, Heir to Millions

Born in Dust, Heir to Millions — An orphaned teen learns she inherits a frozen fortune and must survive a brutal academy to unlock a fraction of it.

Vera grows up in Rattlesnake Valley with no inkling of her lineage. On her eighteenth birthday, Bluepeak Group confronts her with a ten-million-credit demand and reveals her identity as the missing Sterling heiress. The bulk of the inheritance, eighty million credits, remains sealed for seven more years. Only three million becomes accessible if she achieves an A-grade survival certification at Belmont Academy. While enduring wildfires and water shortages during the program, an impostor named Celine surfaces to dispute Vera's birthright. Vera pushes through the hazardous trials to settle the debt, defend the oasis, and return home.

Quick answers

What triggers Vera's discovery of her heritage?

Bluepeak Group demands ten million credits on her eighteenth birthday and reveals she is the Sterling heiress.

How can Vera access part of her trust before age twenty-five?

Earn an A-grade survival certification at Belmont Academy to unlock three million credits.

Recommended for

Anyone who follows a determined heroine through life-or-death trials to claim her birthright.