Sky Without Stars
(Sprache: Englisch)
"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
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"An explosion of emotion, intrigue, romance, and revolution." -Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series
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"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 Misérables 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.
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Sky Without Stars - CHAPTER 1 - CHATINE THE RAIN WAS FALLING SIDEWAYS in the Marsh. It was never a straight downpour. It was always crooked. Just like the people here. Con artists and hustlers and crocs, the lot of them.
Anyone can be a saint until they're hungry enough.
Chatine Renard was perched high above it all, watching the stream of people churn through the busy marketplace like clotted blood through a vein. She was straddling an exposed metal beam that once connected the old freightship to its roof.
At least, that's what Chatine had been told-that the Frets were once titanic flying vessels that soared across the galaxy, bringing her ancestors to the planet of Laterre, the coldest and wettest of the twelve planets in the System Divine. But years of neglect and crooked rain had corroded the PermaSteel walls and ceilings, turning the staterooms in the passenger freightships into leaky, mold-ridden housing for the poor, and this cargo freightship into an open-air marketplace.
Chatine pulled her hood farther down her forehead in an attempt to block her face. Much to her dismay, she'd noticed over the past few years that her eyelashes had grown longer, her chest had filled out, her cheekbones had become more pronounced, and her nose had slimmed to a dainty point, which she despised.
She had streaked her face with mud before coming to the Marsh today, but every time she caught sight of her reflection in a puddle or the metal of a partially collapsed wall, she cringed at how much she still looked like a girl.
So inconvenient.
The Marsh was far more crowded today than usual. Chatine leaned forward and balanced on her stomach, hugging the beam to her chest as she scanned the countless faces that passed beneath her. They were always the same faces. Poor, downtrodden souls like her trying to find creative ways to stretch their weekly wages.
Or con their neighbor out of a larg or two.
Newcomers were rare to the Marsh. No one outside
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of the Third Estate bothered with the picked-over cabbages and mangy turnips for sale. With the exception of Inspecteur Limier and his army of Policier droids tasked with keeping the peace, the Frets and the marketplace in its center were normally avoided at all costs by anyone who didn't live here.
Which was why the man in the long coat immediately caught Chatine's eye. His wealth was written all over his groomed black beard, matching hair, pressed clothes, and sparkling adornments.
Second Estate, to be sure.
She'd never known the First Estate to ever venture out of Ledôme. The climate-controlled biodome sat high on the hill on the outskirts of the capital city of Vallonay, shielding the First Estate from Laterre's persistent downpours.
And the slums below.
Chatine's eyes raked over the man, taking in every stitch and every button. Her gaze expertly landed on the gold medallion dangling like bait from his neck. She didn't have to see it up close to know it was a relic from the Last Days, rescued from the burning embers of a dying planet. The Second Estate loved their First World relics.
Five hundred largs easy, Chatine calculated in her head. Enough money to feed an entire Third Estate family for weeks.
But it wouldn't be long before the rest of the crocs in the Marsh spotted the treasure too and made their play. Which meant Chatine had to move fast.
Gripping the beam with both hands, she swung her legs over the side and launched her body to the nearby catwalk, landing silently in a crouch. Directly underneath her, the man continued farther into the marketplace, weaving around the loose chickens that roamed the stalls searching for scraps. His gaz
Which was why the man in the long coat immediately caught Chatine's eye. His wealth was written all over his groomed black beard, matching hair, pressed clothes, and sparkling adornments.
Second Estate, to be sure.
She'd never known the First Estate to ever venture out of Ledôme. The climate-controlled biodome sat high on the hill on the outskirts of the capital city of Vallonay, shielding the First Estate from Laterre's persistent downpours.
And the slums below.
Chatine's eyes raked over the man, taking in every stitch and every button. Her gaze expertly landed on the gold medallion dangling like bait from his neck. She didn't have to see it up close to know it was a relic from the Last Days, rescued from the burning embers of a dying planet. The Second Estate loved their First World relics.
Five hundred largs easy, Chatine calculated in her head. Enough money to feed an entire Third Estate family for weeks.
But it wouldn't be long before the rest of the crocs in the Marsh spotted the treasure too and made their play. Which meant Chatine had to move fast.
Gripping the beam with both hands, she swung her legs over the side and launched her body to the nearby catwalk, landing silently in a crouch. Directly underneath her, the man continued farther into the marketplace, weaving around the loose chickens that roamed the stalls searching for scraps. His gaz
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Autoren-Porträt von Jessica Brody, Joanne Rendell
Jessica Brody is the author of several popular novels for teens and tweens, including The Geography of Lost Things, 52 Reasons to Hate My Father, A Week of Mondays, Better You Than Me, and the Unremembered trilogy. She lives with her husband and four dogs near Portland, Oregon. Visit her online at JessicaBrody.com. Joanne Rendell is the author of three novels and holds a PhD in English literature. She teaches fiction writing to teens and kids and is a board member for the youth Shakespeare company New Genesis Productions. With her husband and son, Joanne divides her time between New York City and New Paltz, New York. Visit Joanne at JoanneRendell.com.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Jessica Brody , Joanne Rendell
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 12 Jahre
- 2019, 592 Seiten, Maße: 15,2 x 22,8 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Simon & Schuster US
- ISBN-10: 1534410635
- ISBN-13: 9781534410633
- Erscheinungsdatum: 17.10.2019
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"I could fill an entire book detailing all the things I love about Sky Without Stars, from the epic tech to the immersive world-building, the jaw-dropping twists to the characters that universally stole my heart. This brilliant reinterpretation of a beloved classic is not to be missed!" -- Marissa Meyer, New York Times bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles
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