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Awakening in a bleak landscape as scarred as her body, Cass Dollar vaguely recalls surviving something terrible. Having no idea how many weeks have passed, she slowly realizes the horrifying truth: Ruthie has vanished.And with her, nearly all of civilization.Where once-lush hills carried cars and commerce, the roads today see only cannibalistic Beaters - people turned hungry for human flesh by a government experiment gone wrong.In a broken, barren California, Cass will undergo a harrowing quest to get Ruthie back. Few people trust an outsider, let alone a woman who became a zombie and somehow turned back, but she finds help from an enigmatic outlaw, Smoke. Smoke is her savior, and her safety.For the Beaters are out there.And the humans grip at survival with their trigger fingers.
About the Author
Sophie's first novel, A BAD DAY FOR SORRY, has been nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, Barry, and Crimespree awards, and won the Anthony Award and the RTBookReviews Reviewers Choice Award for Best First Mystery. Her novel AFTERTIME was a finalist for the Choice Horror award. GARDEN OF STONES was the Target Book Club selection for March, 2013.Sophie also writes historical novels under the pen name Sofia Grant.Sophie is the author of:A BAD DAY FOR SORRY (Minotaur, 2009) A BAD DAY FOR PRETTY (Minotaur, 2010) A BAD DAY FOR SCANDAL (Minotaur, 2011) A BAD DAY FOR MERCY (Minotaur, June 2012) A BAD DAY FOR ROMANCE (Pocket, September 2013) BANISHED (Delacorte, 2010) UNFORSAKEN (Delacorte, 2011) HANGING BY A THREAD (Delacorte, October, 2012) AFTERTIME (Harlequin Luna, 2011) REBIRTH (Harlequin Luna, 2011) HORIZON (Harlequin Luna, 2012) BLOOD BOND (Pocket, November 2012) SHATTERED BOND (Pocket, November 2013) GARDEN OF STONES (Harlequin MIRA, March 2013) HOUSE OF GLASS (Harlequin MIRA, March 2014) THE MISSING PLACE (Gallery, October 2014) INFECTED (Delacorte, January, 2015) THE GUILTY ONE (Gallery, August 2015) Upcoming titles include:THAT'S WHAT FRENEMIES ARE FOR (with Lauren Gershell, Ballantine, July 2019) Sophie grew up in Missouri, attended Indiana University, and worked in technology before becoming a stay-at-home mom. She lives in Northern California.
