Together in a Broken World
Paul Michael Winters
- Two
- boys
- fall
- in
- love
- in
- a
- deadly
- world,
- but
- it's
- the
- secrets
- they
- keep
- that
- might
- kill
- them.Seventeen-year-old
- Zach
- was
- visiting
- his
- uncle
- in
- a
- small
- Montana
- town
- when
- a
- mysterious
- illness
- ripped
- through
- the
- world.
- Most
- died,
- but
- those
- who
- survived
- the
- Infection
- became
- mindless
- killers,
- spreading
- the
- disease
- with
- a
- single
- scratch.
- Now,
- a
- year
- later,
- civilization
- lies
- in
- ruins,
- and
- Zach
- is
- the
- town's
- sole
- survivor.
- Desperately
- lonely,
- he
- longs
- to
- return
- to
- his
- family
- in
- Seattle,
- but
- his
- fears
- hold
- him
- captive.Eighteen-year-old
- Aiden
- is
- on
- a
- critical
- mission
- for
- the
- covert
- Scientific
- Collective,
- delivering
- vials
- whose
- contents
- could
- cure
- the
- Infection.
- Tortured
- by
- his
- boyfriend's
- death,
- he
- welcomes
- the
- risks
- of
- the
- perilous
- journey.
- When
- a
- militia
- attacks
- Aiden,
- he
- flees
- to
- Zach's
- town.The
- boys
- escape
- together
- and
- soon
- form
- a
- bond
- as
- they
- comfort
- each
- other
- in
- this
- desolate
- and
- broken
- world.
- The
- farther
- they
- travel,
- the
- more
- their
- affection
- grows,
- as
- do
- the
- forces
- pulling
- them
- apart.
- But
- their
- greatest
- threats
- are
- the
- secrets
- they
- keep.
- Zach
- hides
- details
- of
- his
- uncle's
- death,
- and
- Aiden
- conceals
- the
- vials'
- sinister
- origins.
- In
- order
- to
- survive,
- they'll
- have
- to
- confront
- the
- truths
- that
- could
- tear
- their
- love apart.
