title: Hinterkind Vol. 2: Written in Blood
author: Ian Edginton
description: "Takes readers on an entertaining ride through the apocalypse."<i>Bloody Disgusting</i><br /><br />"Hinterkind manages to blend a bleak speculative future with a vibrant mythology fresh from a fairytale."<i>IGN</i>
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  For	Shawn,	who	always	knew	that	one	day	I	would	lead	him	to	the
  Impossible	City.
  Thank	you	for	trusting	me	to	find	the	way.
  
  B O O K 	 V I I
  The	End
  They	say	there	is	divinity	in	odd	numbers,
  Either	in	nativity,	chance,	or	death.
  —WILLIAM	SHAKESPEARE,	THE	MERRY	WIVES	OF	WINDSOR
  It	doesn’t	matter	how	beautiful	your	theory	is,	it	doesn’t	matter	how
  smart	you	are.	If	it	doesn’t	agree	with	experiment,	it’s	wrong.
  —RICHARD	FEYNMAN
  
  FAILURE
  Timeline:	five	minutes	too	late,	thirty	seconds	from	the	end	of	the	world.
  There	is	so	much	blood.
  Roger	didn’t	know	there	was	this	much	blood	in	the	human	body.	It	seems
  impossible,	ridiculous,	a	profligate	wast