by Dan Wells
First published 2016
John and Brooke thumb rides from one truck stop to the next, tracking the remaining Withered across midwestern highways. The creatures they hunt are also hunting them. The FBI follows close behind. Each new town brings them closer to a killer who breaks every rule John knows about predicting human behavior. Brooke's mind fractures under the weight of hundreds of thousands of dead personalities crowding her thoughts. She slips between different identities daily, speaking with voices and memories that aren't hers. New names surface in her consciousness without warning. Then one personality emerges that John never saw coming. He has no idea how to handle what Brooke has become. The final victim of Nobody now lives inside the body of John's last remaining friend.
Genres: dystopia, adventure, crime, horror, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Midwest, United States
Period: Contemporary
303 pages · Paperback · Tor Books
Content warnings: body-horror, graphic-violence, mental-illness