DEATHLESS DIVIDE is the sequel to DREAD NATION, and it picks up right where the previous book left off. Jane and Katherine find themselves traveling further west, hoping to finally find the safe city they'd been promised Summerland was. Of course, with hordes of shamblers still roaming, nothing is as simple or straightforward as it seems. 

Whew! I did not think things could get bleaker than they were in DREAD NATION, but turns out they can! Katherine and Jane's situation, especially Jane's, continues to turn for the worse. (I'm going to be intentionally vague, I don't want to spoil anyone.) It leans hard into the western tropes, which I loved, not only for providing fantastic fight scenes, but for placing Black people into a history and genre they are usually erased from. 

I did find that big chunks of this book got bogged down in logistical discussions. Where should we go next, weigh all the pro and cons, you're hiding your real reason, etc. But when things get going, they really get going. 

Most of all, I loved Jane and Katherine's easy acceptance of each other's sexualities. It's one small part of what makes their friendship one for the ages.