About the book: year / Humanity is on the verge of extinction after a war with the Partials - organic creatures designed in the likeness of humans. Only a few tens of thousands remained after exposure to PM, a combat virus to which humanity has no immunity. The survivors in North America are huddled on Long Island while the Partials have mysteriously retreated. The threat still exists, but what's worse is that not a single child has been born immune to PM in more than a decade. Our time is running out. Kira, a sixteen-year-old medical intern, is on the front lines of this battle, seeing her people tormented by the RM. At the same time, the adopted laws on pregnancy and childbirth are pushing the remnants of humanity towards civil war. Kira can't stay away. But when she makes a desperate decision to save the remainder of her race, she discovers a connection between the survival of humans and the Partials. A connection that humanity has forgotten or perhaps never knew about.