In the wake of several near-cataclysmic events, humanity created the Cure, a DNA-altering antidote to death by disease and old age. But all cures come with side effects: a small percentage of the population develops a wide range of powers, some lethal to others and some lethal to the wielder.<br><br>These people are called the Estranged, hunted and shunned, safe only on the Island of Exile. It is here that Kaeva and Eddie meet ... and where they set a prophecy in motion, quite possibly sealing their own demise, and even the end of Exile.

Breaker

“Help me!” The man cried. “For God’s sake. My son! It’s my son!”


“Zunella!” Oberon shoved his way inside, his hands on fire as they touched the boy. The child’s screams hitched but did not abate. “Zunella! Get over here.”


Zunella released Eddie, and she, Frost, and Brite rushed to the boy. The entire group moved as one to get the boy to a bed and put him down on it. Zunella clung to both of the little boy’s wrists, but still he thrashed, dazed, now, but clearly in agony. He couldn’t have been more than nine or ten. Younger than Mecken.


Chapter 39