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Skyhunter Spiral-Bound | 2021-08-31

Marie Lu

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From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marie Lu comes a brand-new, breathtaking YA fantasy about a world broken by war where danger waits around every corner and loyalty is life.

The Karensa Federation has conquered a dozen kingdoms, leaving Mara as the only free nation left. Those who make it there escape a fate worse than death--enslavement as mutated war beasts known as Ghosts. The Strikers, a Maran elite force, are trained to stop them, but as the number of Ghosts grow, defeat becomes inevitable.

Still, one Striker refuses to give up hope.

Robbed of her voice and home, Talin knows the brutality of the Federation firsthand. Their cruelty forced her and her mother to seek asylum in a country that finds their people repugnant. After another vicious attack, Mara seems ready to fall, but when a mysterious prisoner is brought back from the warfront, Talin can sense there's more to him than meets the eye. Could he be the weapon that will save them all?

Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 400 pages
ISBN-10: 1250802695
Item Weight: 0.7 lbs
Dimensions: 5.4 x 1.0 x 8.2 inches
A New York Times and Publishers Weekly besteller

"Cinematically imagined... An exciting, layered, action-filled tale." --Kirkus Reviews

"Paradoxes abound and readers will glory in them all." --Booklist

"Suspense and high-action fights make this plot-driven story both fast-paced and brutal." --School Library Journal

"Lu (The Kingdom of Back and Legend) creates a devastating, war-torn world, built upon the wreckage of a technologically advanced society. Readers will eagerly await a follow-up to this engrossing dystopian novel, which searingly interrogates traumas of war, immigration, and imperialism." --Publishers Weekly

"Lu ably balances lightning-fast action and stirring battles with romance, weaving in enough bits of cultural history to give the story some grounding... This hearty but small group of Talin, Red, and a few more allies face formidable odds in the next outing, and readers will likely eagerly await news on how they fare." -- The Bulletin

"[Lu] has given this beautifully crafted series the ending it deserved." --Booklist

Marie Lu is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Legend series, the Young Elites trilogy, Batman: Nightwalker, the Warcross series, and The Kingdom of Back. She graduated from the University of Southern California and jumped into the video game industry, where she worked as an artist. Now a full-time writer, she spends her spare hours reading, drawing, and playing games. She lives in Los Angeles with her illustrator/author husband, Primo Gallanosa, and their son.