"Lane McEvoy barely survived her first journey to the Feral Zone-- the forbidden, overgrown landscape east of the Mississippi River that was abandoned when a virus ravaged the United States. But Lane knows what lies beyond the quarantine line, and it's time she exposed the truth: There are survivors in the zone -- people who have remained uninfected as well as those who have gone feral, whose bodies have mutated to display a variety of animal traits. Six months after the events of Inhuman, Lane ventures back into the Feral Zone on a humanitarian aid mission. But she also has a darker, secret purpose. Rumor has that Rafe, the one she loves, has succumbed to the effects of the virus and become more beast than man - and she promised to put him down if he ever went feral. Now, Lane fears the time has come to carry out her vow ..."--Jacket flap.