272 pages | hardcover |

Fans ofOne of Us Is LyingandThe Hazel Woodare cordially invited to spend one fateful night surviving an elite private schools epic masquerade ball inThis is the Way the World Ends.

As an autistic scholarship student at the prestigious Webber Academy in New York City, Waverly is used to masking to fit inin more ways than one. While her classmates are the children of the one percent, Waverly is getting by on tutoring gigs and the generosity of the schools charming and enigmatic dean. So when her tutoring student and resident it girl asks Waverly to attend the schools annual fundraising Masquerade disguised as her, Waverly jumps at the chanceespecially once she finds out that Ash, the deans daughter and her secret ex-girlfriend, will be there.

The Masquerade is everything Waverly dreamed of, complete with extravagant gowns, wealthy parents writing checks, and flowing champagne. Most importantly, theres Ash. All Waverly wants to do is shed her mask and be with her, but the evening takes a sinister turn when Waverly stumbles into a secret meeting between the dean and the schools top donorsand witnesses a brutal murder. Before she can escape or contact the authorities, a mysterious global blackout puts the entire party on lockdown. Waverlys fairy tale has turned into a nightmare, and she, Ash, and her friends must navigate through a dizzying maze of freight elevators and secret passageways if theyre going to survive the night.

And even if they manage to escape the Masquerade, with technology wiped out all over the planet, what kind of world will they find waiting for them beyond the doors?