The Argyros family has been torn asunder, their nation betrayed and taken over by former allies, all four siblings scattered across the world.
Now head of the rebellious Sxoriza, Rhea grapples with her newfound abilities and an uneasy relationship with Michali, her resurrected beloved. But forces are rising against her, hungry for the powers she now wields.
Defiant even in the face of defeat, Lexos finds himself imprisoned in the most unlikely of places. With a new ally by his side he plots his escape and revenge against those responsible.
In one final, desperate move, Rhea sends her closest companion, her sister Chrysanthi, on a dangerous mission: to travel across the world and locate their lost brother, Nitsos.
With battlelines drawn and siblings on either side of the divide, will the Argyros family be able to reconcile – or will there be a reckoning like no other?
Seit achtzehn Monaten steht das Mädcheninternat von Raxter Island unter Quarantäne, denn eine gefährliche Seuche hat sich ausgebreitet: Bei den Schülerinnen löst sie grausige Mutationen aus, die Lehrerinnen starben eine nach der anderen. Die Natur auf der Insel ist wild und unberechenbar geworden. Zum Überleben braucht man Freundinnen, die alles für einen tun würden so wie Hetty und Reese für Byatt. Denn als Byatt verschwindet, beginnen die beiden eine verbotene Suche, bei der sie auf grausamere Wahrheiten stoßen, als sie es sich je hätten ausmalen können
Naomi Novik's SPINNING SILVER meets GAME OF THRONES in a mesmerising and unputdownable Balkan fantasy novel of family and survival from the instant New York Times bestselling author of WILDER GIRLS.
Rhea and her twin brother Lexos have spent an eternity helping their father rule their small, unstable country. For a hundred years, they've been each other's only ally, defending one another against their father's increasingly unpredictable anger. Now, with an independence movement gaining ground and their father's rule weakening, the twins must take matters into their own hands to keep their family – their entire world – from crashing down around them. But other nations are vying for power, ready to cross and double-cross, and if Rhea and Lexos aren't careful, they'll end up facing each other across the battlefield.
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From the author of the New York Times bestseller Wilder Girls comes a twisty thriller about a girl whose past has always been a mystery – until she decides to return to her mother's hometown, where history has a tendency to repeat itself . . .
Ever since Margot was born, it's been just her and her mother. No answers to Margot's questions. No history to hold on to. Just the two of them, stuck in their run-down apartment, struggling to get along.
But that's not enough for Margot. She wants family. She wants a past. And when she finds a photograph pointing her to a town called Phalene, she leaves. But when Margot gets there, it's not what she bargained for.
Margot's mother left for a reason. But was it to hide her past? Or was it to protect Margot from what's still there?
Burn Our Bodies Down is a blistering horror-thriller from YA author Rory Power that will grip you from its very first page, and won't let you go until long after you've put it down.
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An instant New York Times bestseller, Wilder Girls is Rory Power's visceral and unputdownable YA debut. The Power meets We Were Liars in this compelling story of survival and the power of female friendships.
Everyone loses something to the Tox; Hetty lost her eye, Reese's hand has changed, and Byatt just disappeared completely.
It’s been eighteen months since the Raxter School for Girls was put in quarantine. The Tox turned the students strange and savage, the teachers died off one by one. Cut off from the mainland, the girls don’t dare wander past the school’s fence where the Tox has made the woods wild and dangerous. They wait for the cure as the Tox takes; their bodies becoming sick and foreign, things bursting out of them, bits missing.
But when Byatt goes missing, Hetty will do anything to find her best friend, even if it means breaking quarantine and braving the horrors that lie in the wilderness past the fence. As she digs deeper, she learns disturbing truths about her school and what else is living on Raxter Island. And that the cure might not be a cure at all . . .
