"Eric Walters returns to the stark world of The Rule of Three with all-new characters and an all-new setting in this compelling spin-off novel." -- back cover.
Summary:
Fifteen-year-old Emma has moved house with her ex-Marine mother and younger brother. It's a brand-new condo building, which explains the semi-regular power outages, as workers complete the units around them. So Emma isn't particularly concerned when the latest blackout hits just as they are preparing to leave town on a long weekend camping trip. Emma, her younger brother Ethan, and their ex-Marine mother live in a brand-new condo building, which experiences semi-regular power outages as workers complete the units around them. The latest blackout hits just as they are preparing to leave town on a long weekend camping trip. Then the car won't start, their cellphones are dead. They canoe over to the islands, just offshore, to wait it out. But as people become increasingly desperate to find food and shelter, even the island isn't safe. Soon the threat of violence becomes all too real.
Series:
The rule of 3 Walters, Eric, 1957- Rule of 3 series.
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