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Cold Blood by S.J. Wills

Cold Blood

S.J. Wills

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers · Paperback · October 14, 2025

Sel struggles to adjust to his new normal as an insidious new illness threatens Tremorglade in this edge-of-your-seat third book in the Bite Risk trilogy that’s The Last Kids on Earth meets Stranger Things.

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Who it’s for
Sel’s new abilities complicate the search for a cure as Frozen Fever threatens Tremorglade.
Genres
Action & Adventure, Dystopian, Thrillers & Suspense
Published
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, October 14, 2025

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About this book

Sel struggles to adjust to his new normal as an insidious new illness threatens Tremorglade in this edge-of-your-seat third book in the Bite Risk trilogy that’s The Last Kids on Earth meets Stranger Things. Sometimes the cure is worse than the sickness, and the only thing that spreads faster than a fever is suspicion… Sel Archer and his friends just saved Tremorglade. Again. But Sel didn’t walk away completely unscathed this time.

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Now he has exciting but dangerous new Ripper abilities to keep on a leash, just as clamors for a cure to the Rippocalypse begin to grow louder by the day. But when the hunt for a cure takes a dangerous turn, suddenly the Frozen Fever isn’t just a myth. It’s real…and it’s spreading. Sel and his friends will have to act fast to stop it before it arrives in Tremorglade, and his new abilities just might be the answer. Not everyone agrees, though, and when the Town of the Turned turns on him, will anyone listen in time to be saved from transforming into something much worse than a Ripper?

Ripper Abilities

Sel’s new abilities complicate the search for a cure as Frozen Fever threatens Tremorglade.

Come here for

  • Sel’s dangerous new Ripper abilities
  • A spreading Frozen Fever and a hunt for its cure

Expect

  • Suspicion over whether Sel can be trusted
  • A third Bite Risk trilogy installment

Where it sits

Thrillers & Suspense60%
Dystopian58%
Action & Adventure40%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Action & Adventure
  • Dystopian
  • Werewolves & Shifters
Authors
S.J. Wills
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published
October 14, 2025
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
Action & Adventure