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by Jeff Hirsch (Author)
Seventeen-year-old Cardinal has escaped the virus that ravaged his town, leaving its victims alive but without their memories. He chooses to remain in the quarantined zone, caring for a group of orphaned kids in a mountain camp with the help of the former brutal school bully, now transformed by the virus into his best friend. But then a strong-willed and mysterious young woman appears, and the closed-off world Cardinal has created begins to crumble.
A thrilling, fast-paced work of speculative fiction for teens, from a bestselling author, Black River Falls is an unforgettable story about survival, identity, and family.
He remembers the world before the virus. They don't. What happens when protecting them means trusting a girl with no past?
- Enemies to Friends: Cardinal's only ally is the former school bully, a boy whose memory loss has transformed him from a brutal tormentor into a loyal best friend.
- High-Stakes Survival: In a quarantined mountain camp, Cardinal must protect a group of orphaned kids from the dangers of a collapsed world and the new threat that just walked into their lives.
- A World Without Memory: Explore a gripping speculative world where a virus has wiped society's slate clean, leaving survivors to redefine who they are.
- A Fight for Identity: When a mysterious girl arrives with secrets of her own, Cardinal must question everything he knows about loyalty, survival, and the family he's fought so hard to build.
Author Biography
Jeff Hirsch is the bestselling author of The Eleventh Plague and The Darkest Path. He lives in Beacon, New York. www.jeff-hirsch.com
