The Maze Runner meets Scott Westerfeld in this new series Kirkus Reviews calls βswoon-worthy and thrillingβ about teens held captive in a human zoo by an otherworldly race. From Megan Shepherd, the acclaimed author of the Madmanβs Daughter trilogy.
When Cora Mason wakes in a desert, she doesnβt know where she is or who put her there. As she explores, she finds an impossible mix of environmentsβtundra next to desert, farm next to jungle, and a strangely empty town cobbled together from different cultures, all watched over by eerie black windows. And she isnβt alone.
Four other teenagers have also been taken: a beautiful model, a tattooed smuggler, a secretive genius, and an army brat who seems to know too much about Coraβs past. None of them have a clue as to what happened, and all of them have secrets. As the unlikely group struggles for leadership, they slowly start to trust each other. But when their mysterious jailer appearsβa handsome young guard called Cassianβthey realize that their captivity is more terrifying than they could ever imagine: their captors arenβt from Earth. And they have taken the five teenagers for an otherworldly zooβwhere the exhibits are humans.
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