Introduction: Sixty years ago, the world as humanity knew it was torn apart by a catastrophic natural disaster, leaving the Earth forever altered. The balance of life shifted in a matter of years, as species evolved rapidly, some becoming far more dangerous than anyone could have imagined. Forced to retreat behind massive walls, humanity clung to survival in a fractured world where the rules of the past no longer applied.Axel grew up in the shadow of those walls, haunted by the disappearance of his father three years ago. Branded a traitor to humanity, his father鈥檚 fate remains a mystery, and his sister, Annabelle鈥檚 condition is the worst of all. Stricken by an infection that has altered her biology, she must now feed on blood to survive, one of the infected鈥攈unted, feared, and despised by those around her. To survive, she and Axel hide in the lawless slums where crime and violence are a constant, but even there, danger lurks.As the city prepares for a brutal blockade meant to force the infected into the open, Axel faces an impossible choice: to let his sister be exposed and killed, or to risk everything he鈥檚 ever known to protect her. In a world teetering on the edge of chaos, Axel鈥檚 hands become stained with the blood of enemies and allies alike. What started as a fight for survival quickly spirals into a battle for something far more dangerous: truth, redemption.......