The sixth wave of extinction hit hard: bees vanished, economies crumbled, and ecosystems collapsed. Genetic modifications saved the species—but at a cost. Now, bees’ venom is lethal to humans.
River, seventeen, has only known life in the Green Zone, where immunity to bee venom allows his community to thrive. Echo, his age, was born in the Dead Zone, where bees are exterminated and survival means raiding the Green Zone’s guarded borders. Each relies on the other’s world for survival, yet they’ve been raised as enemies.
As their immunity is put to the test, River and Echo face truths that shake everything they’ve believed.
Is humanity’s true enemy the bees—or something far darker within their own walls?
