Book excerpt: Atlantis Rey has achieved her goal of getting herself, her daughter, and the rest of the awakees safely back on earth, where they can roam freely if they choose. Now comes the hard part—securing their territory and scavenging the broken city for useful supplies. But before she can truly get a sense of who or what surrounds them, a native group tries to ambush them in their ship. Descendants of the survivors of the first Vampire war, this ragtag group of men call themselves The Voodoo Boys. Now that they know they’re not alone, Atlantis and the awakees continue to explore, but with far greater caution. They gradually discover other groups of survivors—some friendly, some definitely not. Worst is a post-apocalyptic cult whose leader serves the very beings that caused the world to be destroyed the first time. Even though the broken world has dangers at every turn, Atlantis, Night, and Kilian still find time to become more and more in love with each other. Verruca, Ryo, Jax, and Sphinx have also fallen more deeply in love. Can love sustain them as the dangerously broken world tries to rip them apart?