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June er en af Republikken Amerikas unge stjernesoldater og har en strålende militærkarriere foran sig. Day er opvokset i slummen og er nu en af Republikkens mest eftersøgte sabotører. Deres verdener ligger uendeligt langt fra hinanden, men da Day bliver mistænkt for mordet på Junes bror, sætter hun alt ind på at finde ham. Ingen metoder er for beskidte til at fange Day – og hun har Republikkens fulde opbakning til at gøre det af med den kriminelle oprører.
Efterhånden som June zoomer ind på Day, opdager de dog hver for sig, at der måske er andre ting end mordet på Junes bror, der binder dem sammen. Men det er dødsensfarlig og dybt begravet viden – og Republikken skyr ingen midler for at holde sandheden skjult …
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Lu's debut is a stunner. Weaving the strands of SF dystopia, police procedural, and coming-of-age with touches of superhero and wild frontier traditions she fashions a narrative in which the action is kinetic and the emotional development is beautifully paced. June, a prodigy from the elite class of the disintegrating Republic, is being groomed for a military career when her brother, a captain, is murdered. June is quickly drafted into the team tracking his accused killer, a spectral and maddeningly persistent outlaw known as Day. June's life has been shaped by intellect, and to be driven by an emotion as ungovernable as grief makes her vulnerable in painful, dangerous ways. Day has known grief all of his life, but is no more immune to it than June is. The chase unfolds against a plague-infested Los Angeles of Gotham-like grit that Lu conjures with every nuance of smell, sound, and sight. First in a series, this story is utterly satisfying in its own right and raises hopes high for the sequels to come. Ages 12 up.
