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Zusatztext PRAISE FOR FALLEN! THE BESTSELLING SERIES BY LAUREN KATE “Bloodsuckers are about to have some competition for the hearts of YA readers.” — The Daily Beast “This emotional roller coaster will have you turning the pages nonstop!” —Seventeen.com “This series has delivered glorious settings! fast-paced action and a love that transcends death.” — Justine magazine “Readers will pine right alongside Luce.” — Publishers Weekly “This epic romance is a perfect blend of mystery! intrigue! and celestial imagery with a beautiful! bittersweet ending.” — SLJ “Twilight-style success could be in the cards for the fallen-angel saga.” — The Bookseller “Compellingly readable . . . readers will be hooked on Luce’s story.” — VOYA “The Southern Gothic atmosphere . . . is so well crafted that readers can easily picture Luce walking among the marshes and crumbling buildings.” — Kirkus Reviews “A tantalizing! atmospheric Gothic romance! Fallen is well worth picking up.” — New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr Informationen zum Autor Lauren Kate Klappentext The second novel in the addictive and worldwide bestselling FALLEN series . . . where love never dies. #1 New York Times bestseller A USA Today Bestseller More than 3 million series copies in print! Hell on earth. That's what it's like for Luce to be apart from her fallen angel boyfriend! Daniel. It took them an eternity to find one another! but now he has told her he must go away. Just long enough to hunt down the Outcasts-immortals who want to kill Luce. Daniel hides Luce at Shoreline! a school on the rocky California coast with unusually gifted students: Nephilim! the offspring of fallen angels and humans. At Shoreline! Luce learns what the Shadows are! and how she can use them as windows to her previous lives. Yet the more Luce learns! the more she suspects that Daniel hasn't told her everything. He's hiding something-something dangerous. What if Daniel's version of the past isn't actually true? What if Luce is really meant to be with someone else? "Sexy and fascinating and scary . . . I loved loved loved it!" -P. C. Cast! New York Times bestselling author on Fallen ONE EIGHTEEN DAYS Luce planned on keeping her eyes closed all six hours of the cross-country flight from Georgia out to California, right up until the moment when the wheels of the plane touched down in San Francisco. Half asleep, she found it so much easier to pretend she was already reunited with Daniel. It felt like a lifetime since she'd seen him, though it had really only been a few days. Ever since they'd said goodbye at Sword & Cross on Friday morning, Luce's whole body had felt groggy. The absence of his voice, his warmth, the touch of his wings: it had sunk into her bones, like a strange illness. An arm brushed against hers, and Luce opened her eyes. She was face to face with a wide-eyed, brown-haired guy a few years older than her. "Sorry," they both said at the same time, each retreating a few inches on either side of the plane's armrest. Out the window, the view was startling. The plane was making its descent into San Francisco, and Luce had never seen anything like it before. As they traced the south side of the bay, a winding blue tributary seemed to cut through the earth on its way to the sea. The stream divided a vibrant green field on one side from a swirl of something bright red and white on the other. She pressed her forehead to the double plastic pane and tried to get a better view. "What is that?" she wondered aloud. "Salt," the guy answered, pointing. He leaned in closer. "They mine it out of the Pacific." The answer wa...
