Dawn of Eden by Julie Kagawa
Before The Immortal Rules, there was the Red Lung, a relentless virus determined to take out all in its path. For Kylie, the miracle of her survival is also her burden—as a doctor at one of the clinics for the infected, she is forced to witness endless suffering. What’s worse, strange things are happening to the remains of the dead, and by the time she befriends Ben Archer, she’s beginning to wonder if a global pandemic is the least of her problems….
Thistle & Thorne by Ann Aguirre
After a catastrophic spill turns the country into a vast chemical wasteland, those who could afford it retreated to fortresses, self-contained communities run by powerful corporations. But for Mari Thistle, life on the outside—in the Red Zone—is a constant struggle. To protect her family, Mari teams up with the mysterious Thorne Goodman. Together, they’ll face an evil plot in both the underworld of the Red Zone and the society inside the fortresses that could destroy those on the outside…for good.
Sun Storm by Karen Duvall
Sarah Daggot has been chasing storms since she was a child. But after the biggest solar flares in history nearly destroy the planet, she becomes a Kinetic, endowed by her exposure to extreme radiation with the power to sense coming storms—in the cosmos and beyond. And she’s not the only one. Sarah believes the Kinetics are destined to join forces and halt the final onslaught of the sun. She’ll vow to keep trying to convince the one missing link in their chain of defense, the enigmatic Ian Matthews, up until the world ends.
Praise for the authors of
’Til the World Ends
Julie Kagawa
“Kagawa wraps excellent writing and skillful plotting around a
well-developed concept and engaging characters, resulting in a
fresh and imaginative thrill-ride that deserves a wide audience.”
—Publishers Weekly on The Immortal Rules, starred review
“Kagawa has done the seemingly impossible and written
a vampire book…that feels fresh in an otherwise crowded genre.
Mix[ing] paranormal and dystopian tropes to good effect,
creating a world that will appeal across audiences.”
—Kirkus Reviews on The Immortal Rules
“Julie Kagawa is one killer storyteller.”
—MTV’s Hollywood Crush blog
Ann Aguirre
“A gripping survival story set in an apocalyptic future…. This is a
tense, action-packed dystopia with intriguingly gray characters.”
—Booklist on Enclave
“A dark, haunting read.... Ann Aguirre has me hooked!”
—New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter on Enclave
“The world Ann Aguirre has created is a roller-coaster ride to remember.”
— #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan
on the Sirantha Jax series
Karen Duvall
“Rich with action, romance, and sensory overload, the story goes places I never expected and delighted me every step of the way. Duvall is a writer to watch for!”
—C.E. Murphy on Knight’s Curse
“Magic, mystery, and mayhem—Knight’s Curse by Karen Duvall dares to tread where others have not.”
—Deb Stover, Colorado Book Award and Dorothy Parker Award winner for Another Dawn
“Duvall’s heroine is an endearing mixed bag of coiled emotions, and the other characters are a collection of good and evil that readers will want to know more about.”
—RT Book Reviews on Knight’s Curse
’Till the World Ends
Julie Kagawa, Ann Aguirre, Karen Duvall
Contents
Dawn of Eden
Julie Kagawa
Contents
Chapter One
In the summer of my twenty-third year, the Red Lung virus began its spread across the eastern United States. Flulike symptoms evolved to raging fever, necrosis of the lungs and finally asphyxiation, as victims choked and drowned in their own blood. By the time government officials knew anything was wrong, the virus had already made its way overseas and was rapidly decimating Europe and parts of Asia, with no signs of slowing down. A worldwide emergency was called; towns had been emptied, cities lay in ruins and the virus continued its deadly march toward human extinction.
We thought Red Lung was as bad as it could get.
We were wrong.
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“Kylie! It’s Mr. Johnson!”
I spun from Ms. Sawyer’s cot, nearly beaning Maggie in the nose as I whirled around. The intern looked frantic, her eyes wide over her mask, her face pale as she pointed to a cot along the far wall. Two masked interns were struggling with the body of a middle-aged man who was spasming and coughing violently, trying to throw them off. Blood flecked his lips, spattered in vivid patterns across his sheets and hospital robes. His mouth gaped, trying to suck in air, and his breathing tube lay on the ground in a pool of blood and saliva.
I rushed over, snatching a syringe from my lab coat and dodging the intern, who stumbled back as the man flailed. Grabbing the patient’s arm, I threw my weight against him, which didn’t do much as Mr. Johnson was a big guy and frantic, and I weighed about one hundred ten sopping wet.
“Hold him down!” I called to Eric, the intern who’d been flung back, and he pounced on the man again. Blood streamed from the man’s nose and flew in arcing ribbons across the bed as he coughed and flailed. I uncapped the syringe and plunged it into his arm, injecting eight mms of morphine into his veins.
Gradually, his struggles