A fateful encounter with the resident goth kid at his high school sends Andrew on a mission to know more about the mysterious boy. Even if that means pretending to fail history, all for a chance at getting to know the boy from the shadows.

“When they failed to kill us defectives, the Pure shut us out. That was in March. Most of the Rebels died in May. As for the rest of us, we’ll all be dead by winter.” In a future where humans are born missing vital organs, and heat is the only resource convertible into energy, most defective...