Lena is alive--but just barely. Alex was the one who knew how to survive in the Wilds, but he didn’t make it into the Wilds with her. They caught him at the fence. Alex is lost to her. Lena is lost to her grief at having lost the love of her life.
Rebirth is how Lena describes how Raven rescues her. The Old Lena is dead. The new Lena is now learning survival from a band of Invalids living in the remains of a bombed out development.
The Homestead is unlike anything Lena has ever seen. Life is so primitive—lived on the edge. Nothing is wasted. Food is scarce. The snaring of a rabbit is the most welcome food Lena has had in days. Being free from the repressive society from which she has run isn’t exactly how she imagined it would be.
Life lived in the Wilds is a very hard life--a life without the luxuries of running water, clean clothing, or electricity. With winter setting in, the settlement will need to travel south to warmer quarters. Raven hopes they will all survive the journey. Without proper shelter along the way, without medicine and food supplies, the going will be very tough.
There is no going back for Lena. She is part of the resistance. She is an Invalid.
This story is told in alternating chapters--Lena's adjustment to the Wilds, Lena's life in Manhattan as part of the resistance trying desperately to stop the lowering of the age at which the cure for deliria is administered.
There is a lot of action in this book compared to Delirium. There are many twists and turns to the plot. Fans will be anxiously awaiting the third book in the trilogy!
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