“A compellingly drawn dystopian future.” —BCCB
The Maze Runner meets The Hunger Games in this heart-pounding trilogy.
Orphaned teens, soon to be hunted for sport, must flee their resettlement camps in their fight for survival and a better life. For in the Republic of the True America, it's always hunting season. Riveting action, intense romance, and gripping emotion make this fast-paced adventure a standout debut.
After a radiation blast burned most of the Earth to a crisp, the new government established settlement camps for the survivors. At the camp, sixteen-year-old "LTs" are eager to graduate as part of the Rite. Until they learn the dark truth: LT doesn't stand for lieutenant but for Less Thans, feared by society and raised to be hunted for sport.
They escape and join forces with the Sisters, twin girls who've suffered their own haunting fate. Together they seek the fabled New Territory, with sadistic hunters hot on their trail. Secrets are revealed, allegiances are made, and lives are at stake.
As unlikely Book and fearless Hope lead their quest for freedom, these teens must find the best in themselves to fight the worst in their enemies.
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“In actor and first-time novelist Isbell’s dystopian future, kids like Book
are all too common—orphaned, congenitally deformed by nuclear fallout, and
living in ‘resettlement camps’…The two protagonists work well together…The book
plays to its strong suits, with plenty of peril (human and otherwise) and
illuminating glimpses of the world outside the camps that allowed this system
to thrive. First in a planned trilogy, the story delivers its message without
moralizing and will keep readers rooting for Book and Hope.”
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Publishers Weekly