Outpost is the sequel to Enclave and is set in a post apocalyptic world. The story focuses on Deuce and how she adjusts to Salvation, the outpost that took her, Fade, Stalker, and Teagan in. Salvation is a very religious type of group that has gone back to the belief that women have to be submissive to the men around them. Deuce challenges that with her very being as she was raised to fight Freaks, the mutants, and to survive. Along with that, Deuce is loved by both Stalker and Fade, yet she only loves one.
Throughout this book, Deuce was unhappy with the way women were expected to act. She seems to use her teacher from Enclave to bolster her confidence and get what needs to be done, done. Wearing dresses, sewing, and studying is not something she enjoys. Deuce doesn't really understand love, yet she has this inherent intuition about what it is. She seperates herself into two parts, her huntress side and her girl side. Eventually one of the boys, Fade or Stalker, gain "personal kissing rights" from her. The "personal kissing rights" is Deuce's way of understanding love and having a boyfriend. She is still very naive, yet she can read body language very well. This helps her when she gets stuck in bad situations.
This trilogy is a unique mixture of a viral mutation, survival of the fittest, and the path of the human psyche. Many zombie based creations have some sort of virus that started it. The Freaks fight with the humans and if you do not get stronger, you die. The Freaks are smart and are getting smarter, they act as if they are humans and make Deuce think on her morality. This series is amazing and I can't wait for the third book to come out in October!
It's a really good book I read it too.
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