what would you do to save someone you lovetime is slipping away tella holloway is losing it her brother is sick and when a dozen doctors cant determine whats wrong her parents decide to move to the middle of nowhere for the fresh air shes lost her friends her parents are driving her crazy her brother is dyingand shes helpless to change anythinguntil she receives mysterious instructions on how to become a contender in the brimstone bleed its an epic race across jungle desert ocean and mountain that could win her the prize she desperately desires the cure for her brothers illness but all the contenders are after the cure for people they love and theres no guarantee that tella or any of them will survive the racethe jungle is terrifying the clock is ticking and tella knows she cant trust the allies she makes and one big question emerges why have so many fallen sick in the first placevictoria scotts breathtaking novel grabs readers by the throat and doesnt let go