Melanie Andrews was a normal 17 year old girl, born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Except for one, underlying trait: She had a horrible bloodthirst for vengeance.
Oh that, and she lived in a world with some weird shit going on man.
Orphaned by her parents at a young age, left with nothing but her younger brother Eileigh to call family, Melanie had life thrown at her. Literally.
Raised in an orphanage, she was taught how to fight and survive, in an attempt to protect future generations.
When she outgrew the orphanage at age 17, she took her little brother and made somewhat of life for them both. Well, as much as a life for them as she could. You see in this world, people's lives got turned upside down pretty quickly, and if you didn't learn to adapt fast, you were killed.
A deadly virus, scientists called the "Slaughter Virus" that invades the brain, and removes any sanity you have, turning you into a walking death trap, took over the earth, decreasing the population by 84%, and leaving the earth in shambles.
VICD, (Virus Investigation and Cure Department) is an organization led by Marcus Sherwood, in an attempt to control the virus. Teams are sent out every month, to monitor citizens' health, and detect those infected by the virus. Those who are infected, are killed on sight.
After an incident that shattered Melanie's world she developed a blood thirst for vengeance, against the one who took away her happiness.
With the help of her life long best friend, Mason Barnes, and a determination like no other, Melanie sets off on a mission, a mission that ends with her enemy's head on a spike.
A dystopian novel featuring adventure, blood lust, loss, death, inner demons, an assassination plot, and a sprinkle of friends to enemies to lovers romance.
With plot twists, romance, and the will to survive, will Melanie successfully accomplish her mission? Or will it end up in flames?
Keep reading to find out.
This is a story of a normal seventeen-year-old girl forced into a war between good and evil. At seven they separate her from her twin brother by a strange man and sent to live with her mother and grandmother. When she turns seventeen, she is haunted by dreams of the past and what the future will bring. Nothing she tries can ease these dreams until an arch angel comes to her rescue. The archangel named Gabriel explains why she has these dreams and why she must lead the fight against evil, but first she must confront her mother and grandmother. They turn her life upside when she finds out her family knew. A fight ensued, and she runs away and encounters the demons that wish to kill her.
Gabriel rescues her, and the need to train her for a battle which her ancestors have fought for the side of good every one-hundred years. Throughout her ordeal she encounters creatures which want to kill her, and monster that accept her into their family. She finds love and comfort in the enemy's armies and fight her brother to save the world.
Can she have the fortitude to save the world from total chaos, or does she save her love and allow the world to seep into darkness?