"The H LYW OD sign overlooks a Los Angeles devastated by a weaponized microbe called NK3 that deleted human identity. A tall fence surrounds the hills where the rich used to live, but the mansions have been taken over by those with the only power that matters: the power of memory. The Verified use myths to control those outside the fence who serve until no longer needed. The ruler, Chief, is warned to watch for trouble, but from whom? Is it Eckmann, holed up with the last functioning plane at LAX; Shannon Squier, the pop superstar from the pre-NK3 world; treachery in Chief's inner circle; or Hopper, a drifter compelled to search for a wife whose name and face he doesn't know? Each threatens to upset the delicate power balance in this fragile world."-- Provided by publisher.