Planet Earth had been torn apart before even the smartest could figure out what had happened. Governments crashed, cities were destroyed, and all of human kind were taught a dark lesson; that they were not strong. They were utterly weak against the Brutes. Only few could survive them, and their tactics were simply to hide in the dark, and run if you were caught. A simple game of hide and seek, only, if you were caught, it most likely meant an immediate death sentence.
When Raine and her brother, Mort, find a colony of survivors; including Noah- a handsome man who was born to irk the life out of her, and Kay- a quiet boy who takes an immediate interest in her; they think they can get by safely. But this new world holds many dark sectrets, and they all involve Raine.
It wasn't fire or flood that did it, but when the dead started to walk. Venus had never really feared chaos-maybe because she'd been living on the edge of her seat all her life. Cold, pitiless, and unafraid to kill, she is a survivor in a world where trust is dead and mercy is for the weak.
When the apocalypse breaks out across the city, Venus doesn't bat an eye. She knew the world was rotten to its core, but nothing prepared her for a call from her long-estranged brother Jun, begging her for help. Now, with blood on her hands and danger closing in, Venus is forced to protect the few people she has left, all while fighting against both the relentless dead-and the even more dangerous living.
In a world where survival means abandoning your humanity, Venus is about to find out just how far she's willing to go in order to stay alive.