The prison break left blood on the ground and forty-two children on the run through the ruins of a broken city. Aiden is separated from the others, hunted by the Collective, and surviving on instinct. But when he is pulled into the Astral Plane, he begins to see Michael not as a threat but as someone he might need to survive. Bishop William leads the Collective with unwavering faith, enforcing sacrifice in the name of divine order. When a mission to retrieve the Unwanted nearly gets him killed, he is taken to Foundry, where he uncovers Father Joshua's corruption and begins planning how to reclaim control before the Collective collapses. Mira is sick, running out of time, and following a trail she hopes will lead to her son. But she does not know she's being hunted. Some will find strength. Some will fall apart. None of them will escape unchanged. The Chosen is a post-apocalyptic psychological thriller about survival, fractured loyalties, and learning to trust the part of yourself you always feared.