First published 2007
Paul has spent years protecting Sam, his younger brother who never seemed strong enough to face the world alone. When Sam takes a job as a research assistant in Watertown and vanishes without a trace, Paul knows something terrible has happened. He travels to the grimy industrial city to find Sam, but Watertown hides a deadly secret. The water itself has become poison, mutating anyone who drinks it into creatures that barely remember their human lives. Paul must navigate the city's rotting slums and face these transformed residents while racing against time. Every day Sam remains missing brings him closer to the contaminated water that could steal his humanity forever. Paul's search becomes a desperate fight to save the brother he has always protected before Watertown claims Sam completely.
Genres: science-fiction, dystopia, adventure, action
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: desperate-search, race-against-time
Setting: Watertown
208 pages · Mass Market Paperback · HarperCollins
Content warnings: body-horror, violence