I place my hand on his chest. I dare to trace the outline of the bird soaring across his skin. 'You're my bird,' I tell him. 'You're my bird and you're going to help me fly away.'

Things happen when people touch Juliette. Strange things. Bad things. Dead things.

No one knows why her touch is fatal, but The Reestablishment has plans for her. Plans to use her as a weapon.

But Juliette has plans of her own. After a lifetime without freedom, without love, she's finally discovering her strength - and maybe even a future with the one boy she thought she'd lost forever.