Can one girl help others find closure by slipping into the identities of their loved ones? Find out in this riveting sequel to The Remedy and companion to the New York Times bestselling The Program and The Treatment.In a world before The Program Quinlan McKee has spent her life acting as other people. She was a closera person hired to play the role of the recently deceased in order to give their families closure. Through this process, Quinn learned to read people and situations, even losing a bit of herself to do so. But she couldnt have guessed how her last case would bring down her entire world. The only person Quinn trusts is Deacon, her best friend and the love of her life. Except Deacons been keeping secrets of his own, so Quinn must set out alone to find Arthur Pritchard, the doctor whos been trying to control her life. The journey brings Quinn to Arthurs daughter, Virginia, who tells Quinn the truth about Pritchards motives. The former closer will start to see that she is the first step in fighting an epidemic. But Quinlan doesnt want to be a cure. And with all the lies surrounding her, she realizes she has no one left to rely on but herselfeven if she doesnt know who that is anymore.

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 9th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 14-18 years.

This book is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed. This book was published in 2016 by Simon & Schuster .

Other contributing authors include Suzanne Young, Marieke Nijkamp, Robin Talley, Stephanie Kuehn, E. C. Myers, Tim Floreen, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Justina Ireland, and Brandy Colbert.