Marissa Meyer's Cinder is a cyberpunk/dystopian retelling of the beloved tale of Cinderella and takes place in a futuristic world that is plagued by disease and overrun by technology. Cinder is a cyborg mechanic who lives with her stepmother and two stepsisters in New Beijing. She was adopted from an orphanage in Europe by her father but after his death, Cinder's stepmother was forced to take care of her. Much to her resentment. After Cinder is volunteered by her stepmother to be a lab rat for vaccination research, she learns of her true identity and becomes hunted by a vicious Lunar queen who is responsible for the death of her parents. 

In this new world, a plague called Letumosis – the Blue Fever – is killing thousands a day as scientists desperately search for a cure. Cyborgs are seen as second class citizens and used as guinea pigs to experiment the vaccine's effectiveness. This new world is equipped with various kinds of androids that range from medical assistance to basic household assistance, relying entirely on technology. Lunars are "people" who escaped to the moon and have evolved into something more than human. In this evolution, they obtained the abilities to control another's mind and alter how one sees them. 

We are introduced to an advanced world where some are mechanically altered and others live their lives completely dependent on technology. This mirrors our current world in some ways but the extent of this dependency goes beyond what we experience today. No one does anything for themselves, there are robots for almost every single thing that needs to be done. This world creates a new category of discrimination: cyborgs. As I mentioned earlier, cyborgs are considered second class citizens but it goes beyond that. They are not even considered human to most people and referred to using the pronoun "it." 

Meyer creates a reality that sets forth what our world will become if we continue spreading hate and idling by.