EPIKAI

After the death of his mother, Ricky, a twelve-year-old non-verbal boy, is left to care for his infant sister on his own while struggling to survive in a collapsing Western Europe overrun by the living dead

Jupiter Joyman is a young and popular florist with a peculiar secret: his flowers have a way of making people extraordinarily happy. When Amalia Blackwand wanders into his shop and experiences a serenity she has long forgotten, an unlikely connection between the two begins to blossom. But as Jupiter comes to understand the pain Amalia has carried with her, he attempts to push the mysterious magic behind his flowers beyond anything he has tried before, giving shape to something dark and sinnister neither of them was prepared to face.

Tripp Wallace and Dave Millburn encounter a wizard with a quest to cure the world of depression. When his spell meant to spread happiness instead unleashes an uncontrollable wave of pleasure-seeking behavior, the pair find themselves at the center of a rapidly escalating phenomenon that turns indulgence into obsession. As the world descends into PARAMANIA, Tripp and Dave must confront what happens when the pursuit of happiness is stripped of every limit.