This is a world 100 years into the future. Mars has been successfully colonized, but on earth, abnormal weather patterns wreak havoc on the land obliterating the memories of the world as it had been before a weather cataclysm called The Sundering. Resources are few. The earth's population is in decline.
In overpopulated California, a reclusive and secretive young woman with mysterious powers is planning to end her life. With the last of her family gone, Alluvia is losing her grip on reality and her body has begun morphing into that of a wild creature. But what she fears the most is that she is losing her mind.
But all such plans go out the window the day a girl named Stacy shows up and drags her back to reality. Wild, reckless, and ignorant of the powers she has, the teenager demands her help, little knowing that she brings with her a mortal enemy that could threaten both their existences.
As the world unravels and strange enemies from Alluvia's shadowy past materialize into real threats to both their lives, Alluvia must find out why the natural world is going crazy, and how to stop the world from dying.
However, before saving the world, and helping the daughter of her old friends, can Alluvia retain her humanity and save herself from The Insanity first?
It's been five years since the plague struck. Leah knows there are other survivors, but she's avoiding them. She is doing just fine on her own. Surviving after everyone she knew died has made her physically strong and honed her intelligence, but she is emotionally devastated. There is nothing to fear if you don't make yourself emotionally vulnerable.
James has spent the last five years helping to build up a colony of survivors. He believes in the small town they have populated and its mission to save humanity from extinction. He and his small team of men find scattered people and bring them in.
Over the last two centuries, women have fought for and won more and more rights, gaining equality with men. Society, law, and technology bolsters and enforces these rights, but now they are gone. Women's equality with men is over. There are just too few of them. They aren't lesser but greater, more important, more valuable than men. Men are expendable. Men can stay outside alone if they like, but all women must be brought inside the safety of the Colony and properly taken care of.
James has been searching the area Leah lives in. Her time of solitude is up. Leah sparks something in James he's never felt before. He's not letting this one get away, certainly not twice.
Warning: Contains sex, some violence, occasional foul language, and adult issues.
Genre: Science Fiction, Romance, Post-apocalyptic, Dark romance
Length: 84,468 words
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