Shade's Children

Zusatztext "This pitch-dark! post-apocalyptic thriller will keep you reading and wild-eyed. Fast! brutal and brilliant." Informationen zum Autor Garth Nix is an award-winning and  New York Times  bestselling author whose beloved Old Kingdom fantasy series begins with  Sabriel. His many other novels include Shade’s Children and A Confusion of Princes , and he has written such children’s series as The Seventh Tower and the Keys to the Kingdom, as well as co-writing TroubleTwisters and Have Sword, Will Travel with Sean Williams. His work has been translated into forty-two languages and has sold more than seven million copies.  Klappentext If you're lucky, you live to fight another day. In a futuristic urban wasteland, evil Overlords have decreed that no human shall live a day past their fourteenth birthday. On that Sad Birthday, the children of the Dorms are taken to the Meat Factory, where they will be made into creatures whose sole purpose is to kill. The mysterious Shade—once a man, but now more like the machines he fights—recruits the few teenagers who escape into a secret resistance force. With luck, cunning, and skill, four of Shade's children come closer than any to discovering the source of the Overlords' power—and the key to their downfall. But the closer they get, the more ruthless Shade seems to become. . . . Zusammenfassung From renowned fantasy author of the Old Kingdom series! Garth Nix! comes a dystopian fantasy perfect for fans of Hunger Games and Divergent. Imagine a world where your fourteenth birthday is your last and where even your protector may not be trusted…. In a futuristic urban wasteland! evil Overlords have decreed that no human shall live a day past their fourteenth birthday. On that Sad Birthday! the children of the Dorms are taken to the Meat Factory! where they will be made into creatures whose sole purpose is to kill. The mysterious Shade—once a man! but now more like the machines he fights—recruits the few teenagers who escape into a secret resistance force. With luck! cunning! and skill! four of Shade's children come closer than any to discovering the source of the Overlords' power—and the key to their downfall. But the closer they get! the more ruthless Shade seems to become. ...

Product details

• Authors: Garth Nix
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 99
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2012
• EAN: 9780062075987
• ISBN: 978-0-06-207598-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy romance, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Action & Adventure / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Science Fiction / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Thrillers & Suspense / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Horror *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Romance / Paranormal *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Action & Adventure / Survival Stories *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Dystopian *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Science Fiction / Romance, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Books & Libraries *, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories