She slept for a few months, the world changed in years. Lydia didn't know that the slowly spreading plague would take her away from her family or from her freedom. They are the future, the ones who will lead the next generation and find the cure. Lydia knows there is more than just the risk of the plague at hand. Selected teenagers are kept in a special compound called, the Reserve; where the plague won't ever spread. The select few who entered are prisoners to the hope of a cure. It's Lydia's past that haunts her and pushes her forward as she discovers a new gift, or curse. As she tried to hide what lurks beneath the skin and yet still be the strong leader they want her to be, she is slowly breaking down. ... Michael was an ordinary boy, basketball team, cool, popular. He had a future planned, until the disease hit. He was taken away from everything he'd ever known and hit with a great mystery, Lydia. Michael and Lydia team up to save the trapped teens and they don't realize they are freeing something much more dangerous. With the confusion of his feelings and his ever changing world, Michael will stumble through the unexpected in search for an answer, the cure