Description de l’éditeur
The second book in a breathtaking new series from Beautiful Creatures co-author Margaret Stohl
The Icons came from the sky. They belong to an inhuman enemy. They ended our civilization, and they can kill us…
…most of us.
Dol, Ro, Tima, and Lucas are the four Icon Children, the only humans immune to the Icon's power to stop a human heart. Now that Los Angeles has been saved, things are more complicated – and not just because Dol has to choose between Lucas and Ro, the two great loves of her life. As she flees to a resistance outpost hidden beneath a mountain, Dol makes contact with a fifth Icon Child, if only through her visions. When Dol and the others escape to Southeast Asia in search of this missing child, Dol's dreams, feelings and fears collide in an epic showdown that will change more than just four lives – and stop one heart forever.
In this riveting sequel to Icons, filled with nonstop action and compelling romance, bestselling author Margaret Stohl explores what it means to be human and how our greatest weakness can be humanity's strongest chance at survival.
Reviews
‘Epic in scale and exquisite in detail – a haunting, futuristic fable of loss and love’ Ally Condie, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Matched Trilogy
Praise for Beautiful Creatures:
‘Gorgeously crafted, atmospheric, and original. I devoured it’ – Melissa Marr, NYT bestselling author of Wicked Lovely
‘A hauntingly delicious dark fantasy’ – Cassandra Clare, NYT bestselling author of City of Bones
'Watch out Twilight and Hunger Games' – Guardian
'This novel has been generating Twilight-level buzz.' – Teen Vogue
About the author
Margaret Stohl is a lifelong science fiction fan, former video game designer, and co-author of the New York Times bestselling Beautiful Creatures series. She lives in Los Angeles, California, with her family.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This first solo effort from Stohl, who burst on the scene as coauthor of the Beautiful Creatures series, is a dystopian vision of occupation by the Lords, who can kill with an electrical pulse. Climate change had already submerged population centers, and weapons of mass destruction contaminated the planet, when aliens landed in the late 21st-century. Through human Ambassadors, the Lords rule vast conurbations like the Hole, the remains of Los Angeles. Some humans persist beyond the Lords' range, living in the Grass as subsistence farmers. Dol and Ro, survivors of the initial attack, are special: Dol for her extreme empathy, and Ro for his berserker rage. A man called the Padre has kept them on the Mission, alive but ignorant, for 16 years; when he is murdered by government thugs, the teens' struggle to survive goes hand in hand with self-discovery. Stohl's world is a stereotypical totalitarian state, but Dol's narrative voice is particularly vivid; the here-and-now character development, if not the SF trappings, will keep readers engrossed. Ages 12 up.
