Reality. Deception. Lies.
The world was engineered to be perfect. How else would you describe a place that had everything you could possibly want at the click of a button? But, a virus corrupted the virtual reality world, leaving millions dead and the majority of the survivors infertile. The human race is facing its hardest challenge yet...
Laurel Silver, a seventeen-year-old medical intern, is one of the few people who was exposed to the virus when it was released and lived to tell the tale, unbeknownst to the controlling government and their lethal Enforcers. Her secret is only known to her older brother, Viktor, a firm believer of the Enforcers' mantra, her younger brother, Niko, a permanent invalid thanks to the virus and her friend, Chase, an expert in technology which is a dangerous combination in a world where knowing the slightest thing about it could get you killed...
Despite having successfully having hidden these secrets for five years, things start to come to head when, for the first time since the end of the world, a man is murdered. Laurel and her possible future husband, Gavin, end up investigating a secret that could get them killed or worse, kidnapped by the government. But really, Laurel wants to know the secret behind the mysterious boy in her dreams who saved her life in the virtual reality world all those years ago...
Alex always knew exactly what her life was going to look like. She was going to get a job as an ESL teacher and visit wild, exotic places in the summers. She was going to live in a two story house on the beach or high up in the mountains. Maybe a dog. Maybe a husband. Some day...
Her life looks nothing like that, and it's all thanks to Ethan James.
A chance encounter threw her into a world where guns are handled as easily as hairbrushes, death is trivial, and the world is constantly hanging in the balance.
Ethan's world had shrunk down to secrets and lies. It seems like that's all that's ever been. He's tempted to leave it all behind.
Until he meets Alex. She's so different, so... normal. All he's ever wanted is her safe and happy future. Although, it's quickly becoming apparent that future better not include him.
Living under an assumed name, sans Ethan, she's safe. Life is stable. Things are... okay.
When he comes knocking at her door will they risk it all to save the world?