Rise of the Legion: Book 2 of The Cure

Believing that Cal is dead, Thane is finding it hard to adjust to life with Jack as part of the Legion – the elite army force created by infecting volunteers with a virus that makes them super-strong but leaves them craving blood. Unaware that she is carrying a mutated form of the virus she is subjected to multiple experiments while Jack tries to find the right combination of drugs to help her control her basest instincts.
Cal and Theo have openly joined the remnants of the rebel group left after Jack and the army blew up their base, but Cal is unable to forget that he was the one who infected Thane. Determined to get her back, he throws himself into proving his loyalty to the rebels, and he finds himself responsible for another girl who owes him her freedom.
Forced to hide out in the mines, the rebels face death at the hands of Jack and his new Legion, created from the virus that Thane carries and almost unstoppable.
They need to escape. They need to find a cure. And they need Thane on their side.

This book is intended for young adult readers.