Book II in Nicholas Sansbury Smiths 1 bestselling Extinction Cycle Series A BIOWEAPON DESIGNED TO SAVE THE WORLD A SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY THAT WILL ALTER HUMAN HISTORY AND A NEW THREAT THAT WILL BRING HUMANITY TO THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION. The dust from Dr. Kate Lovatos bioweapon has settled. Projections put death counts in the billions. Her weapon was supposed to be the endgame, but it turned a small percentage of those infected with the Hemorrhage Virus into something even worse. Survivors call them Variants. Irreversible epigenetic changes have transformed them into predators unlike any the human race has ever seen. And they are evolving. With the doomsday clock ticking, the fractured military plans Operation Liberty—a desperate mission designed to take back the cities and destroy the Variant threat.