Un-edited. Everything Imogene has come to know is a lie. One day at school when zombies suddenly become a reality, she has to make decisions that will either save her life, or end it. And as the city she once held dear suddenly starts to slip away as the infestation takes over, Imogene and her friends make one last attempt to flee their home. But when she finds out that nothing is as it seems, she's enraged. Determined she sets out to join the rebels. To fight against Nova Vida Inc. To save humanity.

The year is 2035, and the world ended about fifteen years ago. What's left of it is controled by gangs of Changelings, mutated humans that bare animal characteristics as the result of biological warfare, and preyed upon by Ferals, more mutants that are much more dangerous and have a drive to comsume human flesh and take Changeling lives. With the small population of uninfected humans dwindling daily, Pheonix Falcus and her gang of rebels are on a mission: Collecting the world's surviving scientists in hopes of finding a cure. However, some Changeling gangs want to stop them at all costs. How far will Pheonix go to save Humanity, something she hardly has a connection with?

Warrick Roberts, a young man with navigational powers to the extent of unnatural, is in the market for a high paying job in order to help his widowed mother support his five younger siblings. Desperate to pay on his father's debts owed to the insidious loan shark Catseye Casey, Warrick is willing to do anything for money; including striking up a deal with Captain Carrigan Castaway. Captain Carrigan is a woman just into her twenties. New to her position as Captain on board the Jolly Roger she is nevertheless ambitious and ready to prove herself to any male captain, no matter the cost. So when the notorious Blackbeard challenges her to a race to find a legendary treasure beyond the realm of mortal men, she doesn't dare refuse. In search of a magical map to show her the way, she instead finds Warrick Roberts, and makes him a deal that could save his family from their debts and make them wealthy besides.Warrick accepts against his best judgement, but things on the Jolly Roger aren't always what they seem. Can Warrick and Carrigan fulfill their quests? Or will the tides of misfortune be high enough to drown them both?