Thirteen years before Thomas and Teresa entered the Maze, Mark lives in a world that has been ravaged by heat and radiation. Living in an encampment in the Appalachian Mountains in western North Carolina, Mark and his friends have had to fight to survive the year of death and terror. Life is not easy for the survivors.
The sun flares struck with little warning.
Mark and his best friend, Trina, try their best to be happy and make each day count, but the memories always keep coming back.
The memories. They never let him go, not even for a half hour. They always had to rush back in, bringing all the horror.
The Kill Order tells what happened with the sun flares struck the planet. The intense heat and radiation. How lucky Mark and Trina were to be underground on the subtrans. How lucky they were to meet Alec and Lana.
At the camp, everything changed in an instant.
But their laughter was cut off by a strange sound. Something Mark hadn't heard in over a year, and he hadn't expected to hear it ever again.
The sounds of engines in the sky.
This is the first sign of advanced technology since the sun flares. The Post-Flares Coalition (PFC) delivers supplies to Asheville, but this berg is unmarked. Five people wearing bulky rubber suits emerge from the berg, each holding a black tube like a gun. They spray the survivors with darts. Some are killed immediately. Others die a much more painful death.
Alec and Mark make their way to the berg to learn more about this attack. Sealed boxes with warning symbols.
Virus VC321xb47
Highly Contagious
24 Darts, Extreme Caution
Mark and Alec meet Deedee, a young child who has been abandoned by her village after they were attacked by a similar berg. She had been shot in the arm, but everyone left her there, alone. She is immune to the virus.
The Killing Order is an exciting read to learn about the devastation after the sun flares and about the virus, later called the Flare. Filled with suspense, this was one of my favorites in this series.
Rating: 10 out of 10 stars
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