The sickness struck everyone over fourteen. First it was their minds. Next it was their bodies. Now they roam the streets - crazed and hungry. The others told Ella that the countryside would be safer than the city. They were wrong. Now Ed wants to assemble a crew and find her, though he has no idea who - or what - they'll meet out there. Or if Ella is even alive... But the SICKOS are moving as one towards the capital as if being called - and will kill anyone who stands in their way.