In the aftermath of a cataclysmic war that has caused people and plants throughout the Eastern half of the United States to mutate into creatures that exhibit violent animal-like characteristics, 16-year-old Lane forges a dubious agreement with handsome guide Rafe in order to save her missing father.

Kat Falls is the author of Dark Life and its sequel, Rip Tide. A graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, she holds an MFA in screenwriting from Northwestern University, where she now teaches. She lives in Illinois with her husband and three children.