She crossed a collapsing country for revenge. Seattle may never let her leave.
After Chicago, smokejumper Dane Talbot has one name left: Bill Mathus. Reaching him means leaving Matthew Brogen behind and entering a city that treats every stranger as a threat.
Seattle is under lockdown. Armed escorts patrol Puget Sound. Checkpoints control the streets. Food rations and a growing DNA database make disappearing harder by the day.
Bill has spent years protected by his family's connections. Dane knows what he is capable of-and what he could still take from her. Killing him is only part of the reason she has come.
Back in Montana, Matthew leads his crew into an escalating arson crisis. He cannot abandon his people to follow Dane. But the farther she goes, the harder it becomes to believe she'll find her way back.
In a city that tracks everyone, Dane must reach her target without exposing the secret she came to protect.
Wayward State is Book Two in A. R. Shaw's Remember the Ruin series. Begin Dane's story with Rebel Blaze.