Sam and Duck Zhang, who can control his density, travel to the mineshaft in order to fight the Gaiaphage.

Astrid determines that the Gaiaphage was created by the accident at the nuclear plant 15 years ago, and that the accident may also be the cause of her peers' supernatural powers. It is revealed that the Gaiaphage plans to use Lana's powers, Pete's powers, and a uranium rod from the nuclear plant, to create a new, near-invincible body for itself. He is shot by Lana, who is under the control of the Gaiaphage. Lana has also been receiving messages from the Gaiaphage and attempts to blow up the mineshaft, but she fails, falling under the Gaiaphage's control.Įdilio, a student from Perdido Beach, travels to the mineshaft in order to destroy it, along with another girl named Dekka who has the ability to defy gravity in small spaces. After ending up losing all electricity Caine mentally receives a message from the Gaiaphage telling him to bring it a uranium rod from the plant and realizes it may be controlling him. Meanwhile, the character Duck is ambushed by the Human Crew, and he alters his density using his power and ends up in an underground cavern.įueled by a widespread prejudice against people with powers, especially after he almost got sucked into a whirlpool made by Duck because he bullied him around and angered him, Zil creates the 'Human Crew', an organization that discriminates against these 'freaks.'Ĭaine wakes up from a three-month coma and tells Diana to bring Jack back to Coates so they can take over the nuclear plant in order to control the town's electricity. And in the background lies the greatest danger of all– and he too needs to be fed. For Sam Temple the strain of leadership is beginning to show and he’s got more than just dwindling rations and in-fighting to worry about – Caine is back with the psychotic whiphand, Drake, by his side. More and more kids are developing strange powers and, just as frighteningly, so are the animals in the FAYZ: talking coyotes, swimming bats and deadly worms with razor-sharp teeth are just the beginning. For the ‘normals’ the buck must stop somewhere: with the ‘freaks’. But soon, fear explodes into desperation as starvation sets in and the mob look to place blame. An uneasy calm has settled over Perdido Beach. And he’s hungry – hungry in the darkness. In an abandoned mine shaft a faceless animal lurks, pulling the strings, toying with human and mutant alike.

The clock is ticking for Sam Temple and the kids of Perdido Beach but it’s not the big one-five that they face now it’s starvation that threatens the FAYZ.

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