Legend is for readers who really like books that will keep you on the edge of your seat the entire book. But now to the summary. Day is sitting in an old room with his “partner” Tess. The soldiers who check for the plague in every family are checking families that day. He is looking at his old house, where his family lives. His mom and younger brother think he’s dead, but his older brother knows he’s alive. After hours of waiting, the soldiers get to his house. They go in. The checks are only supposed to last about 10-20 minutes, but it takes hours. The soldiers finally come out. They pull out the paint and paint a big X on the door. That means that someone in the family has the plague. But then they put a vertical line through the X. Meanwhile, …show more content…
On a test everyone takes, she was the only one to ever get 1500/1500 right. Her brother, Metias, picks her up. He is a officer in the Republic's army. Their parents died in a car crash when June was little, and she doesn't know much about them. So Matias is her loving guardian. Later that night, Metias has to go to the hospital for something. Day faked being hurt and goes into the hospital. He steals a key card and bolts up the stair well. He goes into a room and steals some plague medicine, since his family can’t afford any. He gets back to the stair well, but he has to jump out the window because some guards are coming up. He jumps down, and injures his ribs and legs, but he still keeps going. But then an officer stops him. Day throws a knife and hits the officer in the shoulder because he doesn't kill people. Day runs into the sewers and goes to the middle of the city where Tess is, but he ends up blacking out. June then gets word that her brother was killed at the hospital by a knife wound to the heart. June goes to the crime scene to see what happend. Then, one of the generals gets her on her team. At the funeral she meets another commander. The same one that taught her