![]() ![]() He was sandy-haired, about our age, lying spread-eagled on the ground like a giant X. There’d be nothing to write about because it all changed that late-spring morning, the day we found him dying of dehydration at the edge of the desert. He wasn’t dead, but if we hadn’t found him when we did, he would’ve been. Certainly not a kid fried like an egg, stretched out in the meager shade of a mesquite bush. Down in the gullies where the foothills gave over to desert. Three circling buzzards, their black silhouettes etched against a blazing blue sky, clued us in that something might be down there. Being lifted and carried, swept out the door, leaving behind a world of black and white and red. He does not hear the door swing open, the swift stomping of feet. Fatigue washes over him like a summer storm. He collapses to the floor.Įyes land on a knife, its razor edge trimmed in red. Tries to call for help but the words get strangled in his throat. He reaches out a hand against the blood-smeared wall. Coagulating before his eyes.ĭarkness presses against the outer reaches of his periphery, narrowing his vision. Droplets, then a puddle, a pond, a lake.īlood. A mosaic of white hexagons, outlined in black, now splotched with red. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.įrom Oceana, or, England and Her Colonies PROLOGUEīlood drips from fingertips, splashing the floor. ![]() Secrets are revealed, allegiances are made, and lives are at stake.Īs 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.Ĭatch the rest of the series in The Capture and The Release! Together they seek the fabled New Territory, with sadistic hunters hot on their trail. They escape and join forces with the Sisters, twin girls who've suffered their own haunting fate. 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. At the camp, sixteen-year-old "LTs" are eager to graduate as part of the Rite. Riveting action, intense romance, and gripping emotion make this fast-paced adventure a standout debut.Īfter a radiation blast burned most of the Earth to a crisp, the new government established settlement camps for the survivors. For in the Republic of the True America, it's always hunting season. Orphaned teens, soon to be hunted for sport, must flee their resettlement camps in their fight for survival and a better life. The Maze Runner meets The Hunger Games in this heart-pounding trilogy-now in paperback. Secrets are revealed, allegiances are made, and lives are at stake.Īs 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.“A compellingly drawn dystopian future.” - BCCB At the camp, sixteen-year-old 'LTs' are eager to graduate as part of the Rite. ![]() ![]() The Maze Runner meets The Hunger Games in this heart-pounding trilogy. “A compellingly drawn dystopian future.” -BCCB ![]()
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