As my words trail off, a shot rings out in the distance. My heart freezes in my chest like a lump of lead. The shot is followed by the sound of a truck engine and the bray of joyful music, trademarks of the bad men who hunt us. "Everybody in the basement, now " Henry screams, and I find myself rooted to the spot. "What about Teddy?" I ask. Henry continues to stare off into the distance. "He's on his own this time." I feel a shiver run down my spine, knowing that the bad men wouldn't just shoot a warning shot before coming to find us. They must have been shooting at something. I only hope it wasn't Teddy. After surviving a deadly virus that nearly eliminated the world's population, Ember and her friends thought they found a safe place to hide from the bad men who hunt them. When the bad men appear at the white farmhouse where they've holed up for the past three months, they are forced to flee, leaving Teddy behind. Heart pounding suspense you won't be able to put down until the last page.