In the After Light

This book serves as the final installment in The Darkest Minds trilogy. Set in a bleak, dystopian future America where a mysterious illness has wiped out the majority of the nation’s children, the surviving youth develop dangerous supernatural powers and are subsequently locked away in government-run internment camps. The story follows Ruby, a powerful survivor who has now taken charge of a rebel resistance group fighting to overthrow the corrupt government administration. Coping with severe personal grief and loss, Ruby enters into a fragile partnership with Cole, the brother of her former companion, Liam. Despite their clashing personalities, they join forces on a perilous final mission to break into the camps, rescue the remaining captive children, and secure freedom for their generation.