Fallen World (Crewe)

After months of quarantine while a mysterious virus destroyed most of her family and her small island community, Kaelyn wants just a little good news when the first boat arrives from the mainland. But although she's overjoyed to see her best friend Leo again, the tidings he brings are nothing to celebrate. The virus has devastated the mainland as well, and they need help just as badly as the islanders do. Kaelyn finds new reason to hope when she stumbles upon a vaccine her father had been testing when he was killed. As conditions on the island worsen, she and her friends flee for the mainland, hoping to find a laboratory that can reproduce the prototype. Standing in their way are winter storms and hostile survivors, some of whom are determined to steal the vaccine for themselves. Traveling further and further from home, Kaelyn must face the fact that very thing she took for granted in the world is gone, choose between the boy who supported her during her lowest moments and the one she's loved since childhood, and discover the strength to create a future for herself that's about more than just surviving.

This collection of stories gives a new voice to three characters from Megan Crewe's thrilling post-apocalyptic Fallen World trilogy and a glimpse of life beyond The Worlds We Make. "Carry the Earth" - When Kaelyn's news about the vaccine stirs up unrest at the artists' colony, Tessa struggles to protect the sanctuary she's carefully constructed. "Trial by Fire" - Drew tackles a new assignment that not only puts him at odds with his most vicious colleague and his life on the line, but may also determine the entire future of the Wardens. "Water Song" - After he convinces a boy to leave his sick mother, Leo commits to helping the now hostile kid settle into life with the surviving islanders while confronting his own self-doubts. This is the fourth volume in the Fallen World series, and should be read after books one through three.

It starts with an itch you just can't shake. Then comes a fever and a tickle in your throat. A few days later, you'll be blabbing your secrets and chatting with strangers like they're old friends. Three more, and the paranoid hallucinations kick in. And then you're dead. When a strange new virus sweeps through sixteen-year-old Kaelyn's island community, everything she took for granted slips away. As the dead pile up, the schools close, the phone lines fail, and the power goes out. Desperate to save her home, Kaelyn joins forces with a former rival and opens her heart to a boy she once feared. The journey they set off on will test her resilience and shake her faith in humankind. How much of herself will she have to sacrifice to see her mission through? This box set contains the complete Fallen World trilogy-The Way We Fall, The Lives We Lost, and The Worlds We Make-as well as Those Who Lived, the Fallen World story collection.