Winter. Dark City, once known as New York City, is dying.
Annah lives in Dark City, waiting for Elias' return. He's been gone for three long years with the Recruiters. Annah is a survivor in a dangerous place. Annah is covered with physical and emotional scars.
It's haunted me. Tormented me. It's who I am: the girl who left her sister behind in the Forest of Hands and Teeth.
Catcher finds Annah in Dark City.
"Because I promised Elias I'd find you," he finally says.
He has brought Gabry with him.
When Gabry and Catcher travelled to Dark City, they passed a horde, awakening thousands and thousands of Mudo. Unconsecrated. Plague rats. Catcher and Gabry hurried to Dark City to save Annah from the horde. Millions of plague rats are about to overtake the city.
Catcher is Immune, and the Recruiters need him for their survival. Catcher can gather supplies and food for the inhabitants on Sanctuary.
"Remember this: Catcher is what matters. You're just ancillary to that end."
Annah finds the map room, what's left of the world. Black push pins mean there's nothing; overrun by the dead.
I stare at the wall, eyes traveling from pin to pin. Almost all of them are black. "That can't be right," I say. The entire country - the entire world - is covered with black pins.
Annah is filled with questions. What makes us alive? What is the difference between the living and the Unconsecrated?
"That's the question, isn't it? What's life and what's existence?"
Carrie Ryan's third book in the Forest of Hands and Teeth series is equally as exciting as the others. The relationships the characters have, the morals they follow will resonate with most young adults. The imagery is, as always, absolutely delicious. The scene where Annah is in the subway tunnels at the end of the book is gripping.
Rating: 10 out of 10 stars
*violence, religion
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