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100 Years ago, a mysterious virus called 'The Wipeout' infected the Earth, almost completely eradicating half of the Earth's population. Only certain humans, possessing the X4 gene, were able to withstand and fight off the virus. Humans not possessing this gene, were forced underground where they had to build an entire civilisation in order to continue to survive. With the world now split in two - the Overworld and the Underworld - the Overworlders seized control, seeing themselves as the superior branch of the human race.
Roman Maxfield is from the Underworld. A Member of the USURP Rebels, he is quickly climbing his way to the top of the Revolutionary ladder. He wants to bring the Overworld down, along with all those who live there.
July Castielle is from the Overworld. The only daughter of Senetor Rex Castielle, she is given everything - including a now arranged marriage. Wanting to escape the prison her life seems to have become in favour of the life she escapes to in books, she runs away to the Underworld to seek true love and freedom
When their lives collide one night on the Underground Network, neither of them were expecting the fallout that came after. Will this pair of Star Cross'd lovers survive against all odds? Or will their Worlds come between them and separate them forever?
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