Last Star Burning #1
Simon Pulse
November 2018
On Sale: November 13, 2018
416 pages ISBN: 1481486144 EAN: 9781481486149 Kindle: B071Y3867M Trade Size / e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List
To escape execution for a crime she didnβt commit, sixteen-year-old Sev is forced to run away from the only home sheβs ever known in this βrichly imaginedβ (BCCB, starred review) post-apocalyptic debut novel from Caitlin Sangster.
Sev is branded with the mark of a criminalβa star burned into her hand. Thatβs the penalty for being the daughter of the woman who betrayed their entire nation.
Now her motherβs body is displayed above Traitorβs Arch, kept in a paralyzed half sleep by the same plague that destroyed the rest of the world. And as further punishment, Sev is forced to do hard labor to prove that sheβs more valuable alive than dead.
When the government blames Sev for a horrific bombing, she must escape the city or face the chopping block. Unimaginable dangers lurk outside the city walls, and Sevβs only hope of survival lies with the most unlikely personβHowl, the chairmanβs son. Though he promises to lead her to safety, Howl has secrets, and Sev canβt help but wonder if he knows more about her pastβand her motherβs crimesβthan he lets on.
But in a hostile world, trust is a luxury. Even when Sevβs life and the lives of everyone she loves may hang in the balance.
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