Ethan and Lena have returned home and strange and impossible have taken on new meanings. Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan and Lena struggle to understand the impact of Lena's Claiming. As time passes, one question becomes clear: What — or who — will need to be sacrificed to save Gatlin? Ethan's being haunted in his dreams again, but this time it isn't by Lena - and whatever is haunting him is following him out of his dreams and into his everyday life. Even worse, Ethan is gradually losing pieces of himself — forgetting names, phone numbers, even memories. Sometimes there isn't just one answer or one choice. Sometimes there's no going back. And this time there won't be a happy ending.