Edge of Defiance (Edge of Collapse, #5)

by Kyla Stone

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” ~Albert Camus

The light wasn’t a bulb, but a plastic two-liter pop bottle filled with water and a bit of bleach to keep algae from forming inside the bottle. Bishop had sawed a small hole in the roof, stuck the bottle halfway in the hole, and sealed the exposed edges. Sunlight entered through the top of the bottle, refracted in the water, and brightened the entire room. It was a clever contraption.