IN THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE LAST DAYS TRILOGY, only a few power players remain. As allegiances shift, friends perish, and crises erupt, children on the peninsula are forced to find out who they are and what they are made of far earlier than they ever imagined. A new neighborhood comes into the fold, old friends return, and many struggle to keep their will and their sanity. In the midst of the chaos, the looming threat of the monster remains.