Fifteen year-old Stephen Quinn has only known what life is like after the war, the Collapse, and the chaos that followed. The war with China had started five years before Stephen was born. Reacting to what should have been a minor incident with American students, the United States launched nuclear weapons at China and its allies; China responded with P11H3, the Eleventh Plague.
The last reliable news anyone heard before the stations went off the air said it had killed hundreds of millions in the United States alone.
The Collapse quickly followed P11; everything just shut down.
Stephen, his father, and his grandfather have survived by scavenging for items to trade, avoiding other people, and staying on the trail. Danger lurks everywhere.
After Grandfather dies, Stephen and his father run into slavers. In an effort to save others, Stephen's father makes a decision that will change their lives forever.
Stephen finds himself in the safety and security of Settlers Landing, a place where people live in houses, kids attend school, play baseball and have real friendships.
"Who are you people?" My voice sounded strange and distant, like pieces of wreckage bobbing along on dark water. "What is this place?"
Stephen meets Jenny, a Chinese-American girl who is a defiant prankster.
"Jenny, I don't know. If we get caught - "
Suddenly Jenny and Stephen find themselves in the center of a battle that will change their lives, and the lives of everyone they love, forever.
The Eleventh Plague is an exciting read for students who haven't read many futuristic dystopian books.
Rating: 7 out of 10 stars
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