Nick Burke’s family is trapped on Ground 134.

A new quarantine erected in the middle of the night seals off his neighborhood from the rest of the city. But Nick isn’t sick and his family isn’t, either. In fact, no one seems to be sick. More disturbing still, rumors circulate that quarantines on distant Grounds are becoming permanent, the affected people never heard from again.

If he stays, he risks his family becoming sick or worse. The only way out is to break laws that carry a penalty of death. Fearing for his life and the safety of his family, Nick joins forces with a local group. But can he trust anyone with the lives of his family?

Seven hundred years ago, a city walled itself off from the rest of earth’s inhabitants. Decades after first containment, this city named N. Aarde expanded upward, becoming a world unto itself. The population of this city-world has boomed to over eighty million people, but the history of why the world was built and what lies in the exo-world has been lost. This world is Nick’s world.

“Quite a read. It’s a post-post – apocalyptic fiction filled with action, drama, and the will to survive.” –Library of Lashea

“Wow! Where do I even start with this book? The one thing I can say with absolute certainty is that this book will grip you . . . and won’t let you go until you finish it.” –A Dose of Reviews