Natalie England

Pepps. That's what they're called. The mysterious humans with vines woven into their skin. Everyone's heard of them, but no one ever sees them ... except when they turn up dead. When eighteen-year-old Alena traumatically obtains the vine-like mark of a Pepp, suddenly her simple life disappears. Not only does she have to hide from those who seek the lives of the Pepps, but she also finds her natural happiness strangely smothered by a substance...