Gaylen Peterson has not led a normal life. When she was very small, the world ended. Now she lives alone with her father, far away from the hungry, stumbling remnants of civilization, haunted by the memory of her dead brother--haunted by the memory of a world she never knew.
Her father tells her that she isn't ready to leave their fortified property. Her father tells her that she isn't ready to face the dangers of the world outside--a world overrun by the walking dead.
Her father might be right, but she is tired of waiting...
Elliot Jensen and Elliot Fintry have a lot in common. They share the same name, the same house, the same school, oh and they hate each other but, as they will quickly learn, there is a fine line between love and hate.