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Years ago, terrorist attacks decimated the planet, wiping out many and leaving others fighting for survival. Now, the perimeter is the safest place to be….. or so one thought

Riley had a good life inside her perimeter with her parents and younger sister, Skye. Until Skye is killed at her crush’s house.

Riley doesn’t trust the army, so she enlists Luc’s help to find Chanbers, the suspected killer who’d taken off as soon as he was released.

But along the way, they meet Fred and Jessie, who showed them nothing but kindness and hospitality. They lost their kids years ago from their farm, and Luc and Riley agree to help them, informing them about James Grey, who’s a supposed child snapper. What they didn’t expect, however, was that Fred and Jessie were working with James Grey and would leave them at his ‘prison’.

They manage to escape, just barely, and are back on their journey, but more complications arise. The threat of raids looms after their first encounter, and they strive to make it to another village in the Nick of time, fearing Grey and his guards would follow to try and take them back.

They end up at an army barracks, hoping to meet the major Luc’s dad and him had met, but they’re met with an entirely different one, and according to another soldier, one who wants to use Luc as retaliation against his father. The two flee yet again with a soldier named Denzil.

But that trip ends badly and yet again, they are alone and Denzil leaves to cover their tracks. The two of them end up in a compound and that’s where the town mayor and his wife call their parents.

At her grandparents house, Riley finds out about her mother’s complicated life. Riley’s biological father is the man she’s been hunting, suspected of killing her sister. And not only that, but her mom and Connor (her biological father) have been involved in an affair for a while and her mom suggested drilling a hole into the perimeter wall so Connor could get in. It’s that hole that caused Skye’s death. An outsider by the name Jamie entered the perimeter and slept in the pool house, where Skye was showering, and in a panic, he strangled and pushed her. Then, a shard of glass pierced her in the throat.

This book was full of turns and thrilling adventures. Riley would do anything to find out what happened to Skye, even going outside of her safe perimeter and experiencing the outside world, which is more dangerous than she ever thought.

This book really grasped at my heartstrings. 5/5

Incredibly fast paced from the beginning which I actually love in a book… Brilliantly written and I found myself continuously opening the book because I wanted to find out what would happen next. Awesome read!

i was lucky enough to be sent advanced copy this and after reading the marchwood vampire series i has high expectations and I wasn’t disappointed.
following the story of riley and Luc and switching back to eleanor made this an exciting read.
a real page turner and im so happy to have the book in the series to find out what happens next

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was a thrilling dystopian fantasy novel. I enjoyed all of the action and the thrill of the story. I am really looking forward to the next installment.