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

In his mind’s eye, over top of the commotion and chaos, Eddie saw a pyramid of blocks fall. In slow motion he recalled every bounce and every tumble. You use it.


Use his Estrangement? Wasn’t this using it? It happened. Eddie didn’t…


Here? On Exile?He heard his own question again, as clear as day, and he answered it. Of course here. Here was where everything had happened, hadn’t it? Where he’d found Kaeva and realized that even he could find love if he tried, because if Kaeva could do it, anybody could. Here, where he’d seen what the Cure had really done to mankind and understood that there could be a million things worse than maggots slithering when dark thoughts were near.


Chapter 97