"Gripping and addictive--Shepherd has delivered again! A captivating
mix of intrigue, deft twists, and complex questions, this is a
must-read."--Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner, New York Times
bestselling authors of These Broken Stars
The Maze Runner meets Scott Westerfeld in this new series Kirkus
Reviews calls "swoon-worthy and thrilling" about teens held captive in
a human zoo by an otherworldly race. From Megan Shepherd, the acclaimed
author of the Madman's Daughter trilogy.
When Cora Mason wakes in a desert, she doesn't know where she is or who
put her there. As she explores, she finds an impossible mix of
environments--tundra next to desert, farm next to jungle, and a
strangely empty town cobbled together from different cultures, all
watched over by eerie black windows. And she isn't alone.
Four other teenagers have also been taken: a beautiful model, a tattooed
smuggler, a secretive genius, and an army brat who seems to know too
much about Cora's past. None of them have a clue as to what happened,
and all of them have secrets. As the unlikely group struggles for
leadership, they slowly start to trust each other. But when their
mysterious jailer appears--a handsome young guard called Cassian--they
realize that their captivity is more terrifying than they could ever
imagine: their captors aren't from Earth. And they have taken the five
teenagers for an otherworldly zoo--where the exhibits are humans.