One day, the world shattered.
As entire continents vanished and the laws of science were scrambled, civilization screeched to a halt.
Refugees hemorrhaged from what land remained to the east, west and south, establishing the sanctuary of Saint East, but only nine survived the north.
Dying, they delivered three warnings about what would soon follow them.
First, they told of a dark, alien force that was consuming the world.
More urgently, they warned of its human hosts, the Strike.
Third, they predicted a war for mankind's freedom.
Years later, those who survived the war won't speak of it, and Ella is a hostage of that silence. Once a slave to the Strike, she's found a new life in the Numbers. Using their own lifespans to fuel weapons against the darkness, the Numbers are heroes, but Ella's past comes back to haunt her when she meets Jackson Lethe.
Jackson is one of the Riders of Saint East, a cult credited with winning the war. A prisoner of his own demons, he's hunting the last Strike. Most want him buried with the past, but to Ella's dismay, their histories bind them, and history is far from over.
People declare the war won, but secrets tell another story. Forced into a mission with unlikely comrades, she and Jackson soon find that settling their differences will mean the difference between life and death, for them, and the world as they know it.
The problem is, they're enemies, and drawn together by hatred, it might just be love that tears them apart.All Rights Reserved