The world did not fall by accident. It was designed. After the destruction of the Garden, Juliette and Gianluca Farioli are no longer running—they are hunting. Far beyond the frozen north lies the truth behind the apocalypse: The Architects , the secret organization that created the infection, controlled Magnus Company, manipulated Dominion, and watched civilization collapse from behind clean walls and locked doors. But the deeper Juliette goes, the more personal the war becomes. The woman she never knew. The mother who died protecting her. The bloodline that connects her to the very beginning of it all. And the terrifying truth that her unborn child may not be a cure…