The fever king

"In the former United States, sixteen-year-old Noam ?lvaro wakes up in a hospital bed, the sole survivor of the viral magic that killed his family and made him a technopath. His ability to control technology attracts the attention of the minister of defense and thrusts him into the magical elite of the nation of Carolina. The son of undocumented immigrants, Noam has spent his life fighting for the rights of refugees fleeing magical outbreaks--refugees Carolina routinely deports with vicious efficiency.Sensing a way to make change, Noam accepts the minister's offer to teach him the science behind his magic, secretly planning to use it against the government. But then he meetsthe minister's son--cruel, dangerous, and achingly beautiful--and the way forward becomes less clear"--Publisher.