Kate and August have history class together. Kate steps from the shadows and asks to carry out the punishment. The next case is a monster who killed an innocent family living under Harker’s protection. Harker rips off his medallion, which symbolizes his protection, and gives the man a head start before the monster chases him. The first case is a man who’s behind on his payments for Harker’s protection. Kate descends into the rotten core of the apartment, where her father holds court. When August touches him, his soul leaves him and enters August. The man’s footsteps slow and return to him.

He enters the apartment of their target alone. He gets frustrated with their lack of trust in his abilities.Īugust goes on a mission with his brother and a couple other guys.

He isn’t feeling well, kind of feverish, and takes a cold shower to try to rid himself of it. His aura is unintentionally reaching out to those around him on the subway. Kate suspects he’s a spawn of something her father did.Īugust’s ride home is tough. One of her father’s cronies, Sloan, a Malchai, is there. The Harker mansion was built by all the money her dad has made fighting monsters and keeping everyone safe. Those on Harker’s side could live in relative peace and safety if they had enough money to keep him on retainer. When the truce was called and the city was divided, those on Flynn’s side lived in fear. August says he needs to get a little fresh air. While he’s not hungry for food, the other hunger hits him near the end of lunch. He couldn’t do it when the ID office was open because his eyes don’t photograph right.Īugust is invited to lunch by the friendly Colin, a boy he met in the hallway. He’s supposed to keep an eye on her but not too close.Īugust sneaks out during study hall to try to take his photo for his student ID card.

A ripple goes through the crowd when she stands. He sees the mayor’s daughter, Kate Harker, among them. Kate and August are both on their way to Colton Academy, Kate in her dad’s car and August on the subway.Īt school, August “Freddy” is asked to stand along with all the new kids. He just appeared one day at a middle school and was adopted into a family with two other Sunai children. They can kill sinners with their music.Īugust sneaks his way through a tunnel to the north side of the wall to an apartment of a family friend Paris to go to school. She says she wants to come home.Īugust is a monster, a manifestation of the evil in the world, yet he isn’t evil. Kate sets fire to a building at her Catholic boarding school, her sixth school in five years. ***** Everything below is a SPOILER ***** What happened in This Savage Song? It is set in a fictional district called Verity in a future, dystopian USA. This book is written in third person from Kate’s and August’s points of view.

This savage song by victoria schwab