Books Details
Author : Garth Nix Pages : 368 pages Publisher : HarperCollins Language : ISBN-10 :
0062075985 ISBN-13 : 9780062075987
Books Descriptions
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.
