"Not to be missed!" -Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles
"An explosion of emotion, intrigue, romance, and revolution." -Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series
In the tradition of The Lunar Chronicles, this sweeping reimagining of Les Miserables tells the story of three teens from very different backgrounds who are thrown together amidst the looming threat of revolution on the French planet of Laterre.
A thief. An officer. A guardian.
Three strangers, one shared destiny...
When the Last Days came, the planet of Laterre promised hope. A new life for a wealthy French family and their descendants. But five hundred years later, it's now a place where an extravagant elite class reigns supreme; where the clouds hide the stars and the poor starve in the streets; where a rebel group, long thought dead, is resurfacing.
Whispers of revolution have begun-a revolution that hinges on three unlikely heroes...
Chatine is a street-savvy thief who will do anything to escape the brutal Regime, including spy on Marcellus, the grandson of the most powerful man on the planet.
Marcellus is an officer-and the son of an infamous traitor. In training to take command of the military, Marcellus begins to doubt the government he's vowed to serve when his father dies and leaves behind a cryptic message that only one person can read: a girl named Alouette.
Alouette is living in an underground refuge, where she guards and protects the last surviving library on the planet. But a shocking murder will bring Alouette to the surface for the first time in twelve years...and plunge Laterre into chaos.
All three have a role to play in a dangerous game of revolution-and together they will shape the future of a planet.
For those wondering, yes you can read this book without reading the original work. This was such a fun, wild, and dense story but I enjoyed the ride. If you enjoy SciFi you will most likely enjoy this book. If you like massive plots, characters who aren’t real but they seem real, or world building you will enjoy this book.
