Craving spans millennia. The need to feel loved is timeless. A desire for autonomy transcends all mortal naggings.

The ruthless set the rules. The loser wins a hard truth. And no one cheats the grave.

The spellbinding second installment of Jessica Deaver's "Zer0: Emancipation," a serialized dystopian novel.

A theatrical and mischievous interplay between maleficent and beneficent forces. And the audience learns of its own complicity.