By the time of Crossed: Family Values, survivors observe that most Crossed usually form up into gangs of about five to fifteen members – any larger than that and they start fighting each other again, bringing the number back down to below about fifteen. A]n action-driven sequel, steered by characters who break the rules, form new alliances and commit to surprising paths. As Shaky explained in Wish You Were Here, it is not so much that the Crossed "evolved" during these years, but rather the process of natural selection setting in.

The outbreak began in Yorkshire, United Kingdom: the patient zero was a man who had a psychotic breakdown and murdered his family, and the infection spread rapidly from two local policemen to the entire population of the village of Tethersby. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited.

After she was turned into a Crossed and killed, Lorre kept a fragment of her breast in a plastic bag. By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. It is the sequel to Matched and the second book in the Matched trilogy, which concludes with Reached.

Crossed is part two of the dystopian trilogy by Condie that begins with Matched, which takes place in a new society in which relationship matches are made for boys and girls when they reach age seventeen. Crossed ends with Cassia situated in Central, trading with Archivists and about to meet an unnamed person. Peppered with anecdotes involving a cast of hundreds (including Blur, Sean Connery, Tracey Emin, Pearl Jam and the Red Hot Chili Peppers), this uncompromising autobiography documents Lush's thrilling rise, dispiriting fall and subsequent bounceback, reliving the tours, recording sessions and problematic managers they experienced along the way.She falls in with The Livers, three survivors that have formed a close bond despite their mutual insanity and occasional cannibalistic tendencies, and finds a new way to survive. The ending was okay – a bit of a cliff-hanger that has enticed me enough to read ‘ Reached’ – the final in the trilogy. However, the leader of the group realizes that he cannot see his friends suffer a grisly end at the hands of the Crossed; thus, he shoots them dead on the way up before confronting a horde of Crossed with nothing but a half-filled pistol.