Lucy King is only an hour away from embarking on the most incredible vacation of her life: White sandy beaches in a tropical paradise, snorkeling and sunbathing in peaceful tranquility. But as Lucy looks forward to her trip, a sinister plot is unfolding that will demolish the world as she knows it. An unknown bioterrorist group unleashes a virus that virtually wipes out the earth's population-leaving Lucy, and a small faction of survivors, trapped inside her high school to wait out the apocalypse. War, looting, and death wreak havoc outside the school; inside, the students must contend with a...

In the final book of the Virulent Trilogy... Ethan is now at home in the System. Teddy has been placed in the King's care. The move to the Islands is looming. And Lucy and Grant are falling in love amidst the backdrop of anxiousness and pain. There are whispers of dissent among the survivors, and even Huck Truman's cherished Elektos Board is starting to challenge his thirst for complete control. Back in Oregon, Dean and Darla begin the journey to Nebraska to find their children. But will they be too late?

Mara's brother Soren remembers when his name was Cole. He remembers how he used to play pirate ship with his brothers in the backyard, the taste of his mother's soft and chewy chocolate-chip cookies, and that he rode the number eight bus to get to school. And he also remembers the night he died. On a dark and windy night, Soren tells Mara about the person who killed him before he chose to live with their family. Mara sets out to investigate her little brother's claims of a past life and discovers that the small tidbits of memory appear to match the life of a boy who was murdered fifteen years...