First published by Egmont USA, 2014
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Garner, Em, 1971–
Mercy mode / Em Garner.
pages cm. — (Contaminated ; 2)
Summary:The Contamination that turns people into ultra-violent zombie-like creatures
is abating, but now seventeen-year-oldVelvet must hide from checkpoints for the disease, to
prevent the government from imprisoning her.
ISBN 978-1-60684-356-7 (hardcover) — ISBN 978-1-60684-357-4 (eBook)
[1. Science fiction. 2. Horror stories. 3. Survival—Fiction. 4. Government—
Resistance to—Fiction.] I.Title.
PZ7.G18422Me 2014
[Fic]—dc23
2014007247
Printed in the United States of America.
