<P> The story is set in a futuristic city , New Beijing , when the countries of the world have re-organized to form various new empires and alliances and the moon has been colonized . Asia is now an emperor ruled country known as the Eastern Commonwealth . Letumosis , a disease started by the Lunars and nicknamed the `` Blue Fever , '' is raging throughout the world and the cure is unknown . The protagonist , Linh Cinder , is a cyborg who operates a mechanic stall at a local street market in New Beijing and lives under the guardianship of her stepmother , Linh Adri . Early in the story , she meets Prince Kai , who asks her to fix a personal android . Cyborgs are treated as second class citizens , so Cinder hides her identity from Kai . Soon , one of Cinder 's stepsisters , Linh Peony , falls sick with letumosis after accompanying Cinder to a junkyard to collect spare parts for a repair . In anger , Cinder 's stepmother `` volunteers '' Cinder for plague research . When Cinder is injected with the strain of letumosis , it is discovered that she is immune to the disease . Dr. Erland , the head researcher , starts to do research on Cinder 's immunity , which leads to research on Cinder 's unique physiology , her cyborg implants , and eventually to Cinder 's life prior to becoming a cyborg at the age of eleven , which Cinder has no memory of . </P>
<P> The story is set in a futuristic city , New Beijing , when the countries of the world have re-organized to form various new empires and alliances and the moon has been colonized . Asia is now an emperor ruled country known as the Eastern Commonwealth . Letumosis , a disease started by the Lunars and nicknamed the `` Blue Fever , '' is raging throughout the world and the cure is unknown . The protagonist , Linh Cinder , is a cyborg who operates a mechanic stall at a local street market in New Beijing and lives under the guardianship of her stepmother , Linh Adri . Early in the story , she meets Prince Kai , who asks her to fix a personal android . Cyborgs are treated as second class citizens , so Cinder hides her identity from Kai . Soon , one of Cinder 's stepsisters , Linh Peony , falls sick with letumosis after accompanying Cinder to a junkyard to collect spare parts for a repair . In anger , Cinder 's stepmother `` volunteers '' Cinder for plague research . When Cinder is injected with the strain of letumosis , it is discovered that she is immune to the disease . Dr. Erland , the head researcher , starts to do research on Cinder 's immunity , which leads to research on Cinder 's unique physiology , her cyborg implants , and eventually to Cinder 's life prior to becoming a cyborg at the age of eleven , which Cinder has no memory of . </P>
what is the setting of the book cinder
what is the setting of the book cinder
New Beijing
New Beijing