Ruby never asked for the abilities that almost cost her her life Now she erousinto the ue call Ruby "Leader", but she knohat she really is: a monster When Ruby is entrusted with an explosive secret, shethe Children’s League behind Crucial information about the disease that killed most of America’s children--and turned Ruby and the others who lived into feared and hated outcasts--has survived every attempt to destroy it But the truth is only saved in one place: a flashdrive in the hands of Liam Stewart, the boy Ruby once believed was her future--and who noouldn’t recognize her As Ruby sets out across a desperate, lawless country to find Liam--and answers about the catastrophe that has ripped both her life and America apart--she is torn between old friends and the pro to protect the people she loves But what if winning the warherself?