When Dead Men Break

Fate doesn’t always play fair—but it does put you exactly where you need to be. I shouldn’t be alive. Mikey didn’t mean to bring me to the brink of death, but I was determined to pull her back from the edge of Mindlessness, no matter the cost. It's thanks to Ein, Maverick, and Aurora, I’m still here—barely. Just when I think things can’t possibly get worse, an ancient secret society steps out of the shadows with a twisted proposition. They want me—the Bleeder King—to help create a world without humans. Their first target? Zombie Island, where my parents and the Bleeders who rejected the “cure” now live. If they think I’ll fall in line, they’re in for a rude awakening. Once upon a time, I thought fate played a cruel trick on me. Mikey and I were put through the wringer, and we came out broken, but stronger than before. I’m not some helpless pawn of fate; everything I’ve survived, everything I’ve learned, has led me here—and it’ll keep me alive. The second apocalypse is coming, with or without my help—and I’ll make sure it’s not my world that burns.