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Summary Of Cassidy Hart's Collapse Series

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In the Collapse Series, by Summer Lane, Cassidy Hart is fighting a mysterious and evil world organization that has taken over the United States known as Omega. During the first eight books, she sees the destruction Omega has caused and begins to form an effective resistance that eventually secures many regions of California. None of this however, would have been possible without the help of Chris Young, who Cassidy finds on the first day of Omega’s invasion. Their relationship quickly becomes romantic and they eventually become engaged by the end of the eighth book. When Cassidy believes Chris has died in the ninth book there is a dramatic shift in her persona that carries into the final book of the series. She tranforms from a compassionate, …show more content…

As Omega begins a massive campaign to crush the rebellious militas, Cassidy is flung into leadership due to the open slot left by Chris Young. Once she discovers the President of the United States is an Omega leader, Cassidy makes it her personal responsibility to kill him and breaks into his base. “Shoot, move, reload. I do it over and over again, systematically moving through the camp, unseen by the enemy. Men scream like scared children when I shoot them” (Lane State of Hope 254). Because of the loss of Chris, Cassidy tranforms into a pitiless slayer. Her soft, loving side has been torn out of her through grief and has been replaced emptiness. When she finally reaches the President, she has become so vicious that she is unstoppable. “He's so close. I lean forward and bite his cheek. I grit my teeth together, tasting blood and flesh. I bite hard-channeling all of my strength and frustration and pain into it” (Lane State of Hope 266). Cassidy’s violent killing of the President represents the that the transformation from being a caring, loving, friend to a dangerous exterminator is complete. She has been so devestated by the death of Chris that she has lost her

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