Series: Skyhunter # 1
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
Release Date: September 29, 2020
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Source: Library
Genre: Young Adult / Science Fiction / DystopianLaced with adrenaline and nonstop action, #1 New York Times–bestselling author Marie Lu creates an immersive world broken by war where danger waits around every corner and loyalty is life.
A broken world.
An overwhelming evil.
A team of warriors ready to strike back.
#1 New York Times-bestselling
author Marie Lu is back with an adrenaline-laced novel about the
lengths one warrior will go to fight for freedom and those she loves.
Talin
is a Striker, a member of an elite fighting force that stands as the
last defense for the only free nation in the world: Mara.
A
refugee, Talin knows firsthand the horrors of the Federation, a
world-dominating war machine responsible for destroying nation after
nation with its terrifying army of mutant beasts known only as Ghosts.
But
when a mysterious prisoner is brought from the front to Mara's capital,
Talin senses there’s more to him than meets the eye. Is he a spy from
the Federation? What secrets is he hiding?
Only one thing is
clear: Talin is ready to fight to the death alongside her fellow
Strikers for the only homeland she has left . . . with or without the
boy who might just be the weapon to save—or destroy—them all.
Skyhunter is the first installment in author Marie Lu's Skyhunter series. The Karensa Federation has conquered dozens of countries across the continent leaving only Mara free. Refugees like Talin and her mother fled to Mara from places like Basea hoping to find hope and a future. Those who don't make it to Mara, are transformed into grizzly looking mutants called Ghosts. 10 years after her country fell, Talin is now a member of Mara's elite striker squad which stands against Karensa, and it's Ghosts that used to be human.
Talin hasn't spoken since the day that Karensa conquered her country and she lost her father. Not that she is unable. She chooses to use sign language to communicate instead. Talin's partner & shield is a boy named Corian. But, after he is infected by a Ghosts bite, Talin finds herself on the outside looking in. As an unwanted Basean refugee, Talin has few friends to stand up for her outside of Adena and Jeran. Then an alleged deserter named Red from the Federation arrives. His body has been forever modified, and experimented on to make him a powerful weapon called Skyhunter.
Constantine Tyrus, the Federation Premiere, is relentless in his desire to pick up where the Old One's left off. For his part, that means Mara and its people must fall in line or be overrun with no chance at a future. As I hinted at, Strikers are paired up, and their partners are called their Shield's. Losing Corian was a devastating blow to Talin since they are supposed to be tied together for life. When she ends up paired with Red, Red is more than meets the eye. He's not a spy, and it appears that Constantine will do anything to get him back. Especially after Talin and Red establish a mental bond. Talin and Red are from different worlds but are a fierce fighting pair.
Alas, dear readers, this book does end on a stunning cliffhanger ending. Then again, what else is new when it comes to Marie Lu? She loves to torture readers, or haven't you read June and Day's Legend series yet? The setting is a future world where modern technologies don’t exist, except as ruins. The author hints that the Early One's destroyed themselves with a weapon that caused sickness. They, like our current scientists who unleased Sars-Covid on the world, couldn't control what they created, and destroyed themselves. Something tells me when the author reveals why Mara was so important to Constantine, it will be someone massive and powerful enough to destroy the world.
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