Seeking Eden

In a world where babies are rarer and more precious than diamonds, Tobin Winter has never even seen a child. When a passing peddler tells him of the rumor that babies are being born in California, Tobin leaves his small town and the only life he's ever known to set off on a quest – and find a new life.

Elanna is a hopemother, one of the few women in her community able to conceive and bear a child -- but never allowed to raise one. When Tobin arrives in her tight-knit world, pregnant Elanna ...