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In the wake of her death, Alix discovers her girlfriend led a double life in this twisty novel from the author of National Book Award finalist Luna. “Peters has written another insightful, absorbing novel of relationships that is both emotionally and intellectually satisfying ... This will...

In the aftermath of a deadly and mysterious plague that causes the female sex to temporarily lapse into violent, near-indestructible monsters, small bands of survivors inhabit the skeleton of a ruined civilization. Uriah, a young man haunted by addiction and the weight of the post-apocalyptic world, clings to his one source of sanity – his girlfriend Evynn. But every second spent with her puts him in grave danger. Unable to control her monstrous frenzies – and the zombie-like state it puts her in afterwards – she’s terrified by the thought that she’ll harm the man she loves.