For six years Sasha has lived in Haven, the underground society built to withstand nuclear war. Since the war, since her family\u2019s deaths, since discovering she doesn\u2019t get sick like everyone else does, Sasha\u2019s life has been full of death and overfull with grief. While working in the Ward, Haven\u2019s limited hospital, she stays with patients as they die. When Tristian Hayes, a unit commander of the Force, ends up as her patient, hanging on for his life, she pleads for him to stay alive. He does\u2014upending her bleak ritual as Death\u2019s Angel. Hoping to forget everything she\u2019s seen and to numb the pain, Sasha leaves the Ward in favor of a role with a pickax, expanding Haven\u2019s tunnels. Tristian, fiercely determined and stunningly stubborn, recruits Sasha to the Force for a vital mission aboveground. The story picks up steam with Sasha\u2019s intense training to become the medic for Tristian\u2019s tightknit unit. Together, they bear the weight of their unit\u2019s survival and all that\u2019s left of humankind. While in training, Sasha struggles to discern friends and enemies, but nothing is as challenging as facing her own demons. In this prequel to her debut novel, Conform (2025), Sullivan tries to accomplish a lot with both the worldbuilding and plot machinations, resulting in a convoluted story and flattened characters. The plot doesn\u2019t have a satisfying payoff, but the romantic tension between Sasha and Tristian will keep readers engaged.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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