You know how sometimes you tell yourself that you have a choice, but really you don't have a choice? Just because there are alternatives doesn't mean they apply to you.

The kid who didn't go back when he should have and now goes back when he shouldn't. The kid called Zombie, who made a promise, and if he breaks that promise, the war is over - not the big war, but the war that matters, the one in the battlefield of his heart. Because promises matter. They matter now more than ever.

And then Evan Walker kisses me.

There are things that are too terrible to remember, and there are things that are almost too wonderful to recall.

There was, like, this black hole where the world used to be, and we were both falling toward it. What could we hold on to?

How do you rid the Earth of humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.

It's hard to plan for what comes next when what comes next is not something you planned for.