Janelle Gabay
First Awakened
Death comes to immortals as a kind of sleep. The body does not die. It hibernates. And once awakened, it transforms.
The wakers come out at night
Inside the Guardians of Dare village, where immortal and mortal live side by side, infected immortals called wakers now roam the streets at night, killing the innocent. Nine months ago the village flourished with commerce, beauty, and peace. Nine months ago, Audrey brought Tarian into the Guardian world and told him of his destiny.
He was the first immortal born in over five hundred years, the link to their survival. Now he hunts the bloodthirsty immortals who have fallen to the disease, trying to save mortal lives.
The search for a cure carries Tarian and Audrey across the nation and into South America, through a hidden world of creatures living alongside the humans who never see them. The fate of the immortals rests on their shoulders once again. But can their relationship survive what Tarian learns about the secrets Audrey keeps in her subterranean laboratory?
Nine months later
The village that flourished is a hunting ground now. Keep the children inside. Keep the lanterns lit.
