Rage

Jackie Morse Kessler’s Riders of the Apocalypse series follows teens who are transformed into the Four Horsemen of the  Apocalypse.

In the second book of the series, Rage, a teenage cutter becomes War, one of the Riders of the Apocalypse.

Missy didn’t mean to cut so deep. But after the party where she was humiliated in front of practically everyone in school, who could blame her for wanting some comfort? Sure, most people don’t find comfort in the touch of a razor blade, but Missy always was . . . different.

That’s why she was chosen to become one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War. Now Missy wields a new kind of blade—a big, brutal sword that can cut down anyone and anything in her path. But it’s with this weapon in her hand that Missy learns something that could help her triumph over her own pain: control.

A unique approach to the topic of self-mutilation, Rage is the story of a young woman who discovers her own power and refuses to be defeated by the world.

Rage includes a teaser chapter of the next book in the Riders of the Apocalypse series, Loss.

But can a girl who struggles to control her own pain wield the rage of an apocalypse without losing herself completely?

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: When Missy is chosen to become the new War, she trades a razor blade for a brutal, ancient sword—and a power she never imagined. Dark Fantasy Meets High School: One minute she’s dealing with cruel ex-boyfriends and school humiliation; the next, she’s wielding the power to end the world. A Touch of Paranormal Romance: A mysterious, captivating figure offers her this dark destiny. But can Missy trust the Angel of Death himself? A Story of Survival and Control: An unflinching look at the inner battles that rage behind the scars, and the fight to reclaim your own power from a world that wants to tear you down.