"How much longer?" "Not long." "...okay." "You'll be fine. Everything will be alright. Even though we're living in a death zone. And have almost no chance of survival. We'll live." "...I trust you." ••• Bree Roberts is living in a world where the laws of old don't apply to anything. The police didn't exist. The Walmart where she lives sucks. And her best friend has been in a coma for eight years. Actually, living doesn't summarize what she's doing. She's just been following the rules laid out to her the day her father died. But now she has a chance to live her life free of the rules of them. The rules of the ones who invaded her home. The Killers. That's what everyone has been calling them for the past eight years. With her friends tagging along for the walk to the free land, they encounter many dangers along the way. Including the mysterious Rose Keeper. With everyone on edge and the Killers closing in on them, Bree decides to let her feelings chose for her.