And maybe Eleanor would believe them, except then she meets Rose.įour years later, Eleanor and her friends seem free of the Meadows, changed but not as they’d hoped. But despite its luminous facilities, endless fields, and pretty things, the Meadows keeps dark secrets: its purpose is to reform students, to condition them against their attractions, to show them that one way of life is the only way to survive. When Eleanor is accepted at the Meadows, it means escape from her hardscrabble life by the sea, in a country ravaged by climate disaster. These are the special places where only the best and brightest go to burn even brighter. "A story of pain, injustice, love, resistance, and hope, this glorious book will lodge inside you and make you feel everything.” -Helena Fox, award-winning author of How It Feels to FloatĪ queer, YA Handmaid's Tale meets Never Let Me Go about a dystopian society bent on relentless conformity, and the struggle of one girl to save herself and those she loves from a life of liesĮveryone hopes for a letter-to attend the Estuary, the Glades, the Meadows. As battle looms and fate hangs in the balance, Reed must make an impossible choice: her hero or her order. When their strategic alliance turns into something more, it forces Reed to question the cost of becoming an Aristene. Fail, and she'll be cast out of the only home she's ever known.īut Reed didn't count on Hestion, her assigned hero, being both infuriating and intriguing. Succeed, and her place in the order is secured. She's been counting the days until her initiation, and now one final test stands in her way: shepherding her first hero to glory on the battlefield. Raised by the order after being orphaned, Reed grew up surrounded by her future sisters-in-arms and the incredible stories of their quests.
Though heroes might be immortalized in legends, it's the Aristene who guide their paths to victory. A must-read for fans of Alexandra Bracken and Victoria Aveyard.Īristene are an order of mythical female warriors.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake is back with an epic duology starter that follows a young woman training to join a fabled order as she attempts to lead a hero to his critical first victory.
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