Published: Aug. 23, 2012
Words: 81,351 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780987941077

Short description

Everything comes at a cost. You decide what you'll pay. Ten years ago when the world ended she ran for her life. Five weeks ago the world she'd hidden from came knocking on the door of her secluded cabin. Ten days ago she found salvation hiding amongst the dead. Yesterday she went back for the living. Today she wonders if she will live to see tomorrow.

Extended description

"It's us and them, Em. There are no regular people anymore."

Ten years ago when the world ended she ran for her life.

Five weeks ago the world she'd hidden from came knocking on the door of her secluded cabin. (Read more) "It's us and them, Em. There are no regular people anymore."

Ten years ago when the world ended she ran for her life.

Five weeks ago the world she'd hidden from came knocking on the door of her secluded cabin.

Ten days ago she found salvation hiding amongst the dead.

Yesterday she went back for the living.

Today she wonders if she will live to see tomorrow.

What do you do when the world you were born to is gone?

Where do you hide when even your own body isn't safe?


Emma ran when her daddy told her to. She hid like he said she should. He was the first person she turned her back on. The first one she let die.
Ten years has gone by and she still lives by the simple rules he taught her when she was nine years old.

"Don't help anyone. Don't go where other people are unless you have to. Trust no one. Always pull the trigger."

Until one night she hears the worst sound in the world, a knock. A simple, timid knock, on the door to her cabin.
Only the voice of the brave little girl, ready to die for her brother, persuades Emma to open the door.
As her fingers turn the lock, she has a terrible feeling she will regret her decision.
But even as regret fills her world, so do love and companionship. Things she never imagined she would ever have again.

Everything comes at a cost, you decide what you'll pay.

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Tags

post apocalyptic, hunger games, divergent, matched

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Reviews

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Review by: Rebekah Hamilton on Feb. 26, 2013 :
Well well well.
This book was flipping fantastic.
I love Tara's work with every book it just keeps getting better and better.
This book was absolutely spectacular.
I have read every single one of her books that's how good they are and I do not have one bad thing to say about a single one of them.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: melissa mcgrath on Nov. 08, 2012 :
This book started a little slow but just slow enough that you just had to keep reading to see what happens. Then once you get going you can't put it down. I was sucked into it. I love Emma. She makes u laugh and cry. I can't wait for the next one to come out. The end totally makes you say omg really.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: amy erstad on Nov. 07, 2012 :
At first this book started out slow for me, but as I got to the 4th chapter, I was thoroughly enthralled in it. Em and Jake were exciting, and then Will came into the picture and it is so frustrating, but at the same time exciting. I want to scream at them.
It is so nice to see a female hero, and have her not need a man savior. Someone who is so independent. But at the same time it is again frustrating, but you want something to happen between the two people you believe should be together, but independence and not knowing what to do gets in the way.
What can I say about Leo. Faithful to a T, and definitely fits the bill of Man's Best Friend. Love that a timber wolf was used for this part.
This book is so good, that I can't wait to read the rest of them.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: Amanda Engelkes on Nov. 01, 2012 :
Emma is independent, not because she is stubborn or self centered, but because her life depends on it. At the young and tender age of 9, the infection overruns her city and during their escape her father dies, leaving her to fend for herself.

I will say she has done a pretty good job, as 10 years later she is still alive and pretty lucky to have Leo, a beautiful Timber Wolf as her sidekick. Together they survive in their own little bubble.

When Anna, oh small fearless Anna, shows up banging on her door Emma stuggles to do the right thing. Her decision made...then enters Jake, a cute comic relief. I loved his character!! To me he was the sun in the dark world Tara created. I could imagine his bright smile each and every time. :D

Her bubble offically popped Em finds herself doing things and being in places she dreamed she'd never have to face. It doesn't help she has two (in my opinion) great guys she's torn between.

You get a dose of Emma's reality and as a warning if you find Breeding Farms offensive then tread lightly. I personally enjoy dystopian type books and it was soooo easy to fall into the story, just as easy as it was to fall in love with her characters! (Anna was my favorite)

She leaves a cliff hanger the size of Mt. Rushmore and I am impatiently waiting for the next book.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Jody N on Sep. 21, 2012 :
Hunger games meets Handmaid's Tale.....two other books I loved. This up and coming author displays incredible, raw talent in this young-adult genre thriller. Meet Emma: hostile, rude, independent survivalist....who stuggles to find her compassionate, human side following a life of tremendous struggle. Her dog-eat dog philosophy along with the wall shes constructed around her heart and home have kept her alive longer than most. But when needy people come to her door one day, something inside her complels her to help. Her decision starts off a chain reaction that leads her into a world she didn't know existed and jumps stats her heart in ways she never thought possible. The story is a fast read, I couldn't put it down. The characters are realistic and compelling. Brown brilliantly creates a world full of danger, fear, love and new beginnings. Can't wait for the next one. If you loved hunger Games, look no further...enjoy this one! You won't be sorry.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

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