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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this explosive sequel to the action-packed Warcross, someone has put a bounty on Emika’s head, forcing her to seek protection from another crew.
“[Marie] Lu’s futuristic world, with its immersive technology, feels dangerously within reach in this action-packed escapade.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
It’s time for a rematch.
Emika Chen barely made it out of the Warcross Championships alive. Determined to put a stop to Hideo’s grim plans, Emika and the Phoenix Riders band together, only to find a new threat lurking on the neon-lit streets of Tokyo. Someone’s put a bounty on Emika’s head and her sole chance of survival lies with Zero and his ruthless crew, the Blackcoats.
But Emika soon learns that Zero isn’t all that he seems—and his protection comes at a price. Caught in a web of betrayal, with the future of free will at risk, just how far will Emika go to take down the man she loves?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Sure to inspire even deeper devotion among Lu's fans, this sequel picks up just three days after the Warcross finale, raising complicated questions about the consequences of technology and power. Emika Chen, exempt from Hideo Tanaka's unleashed algorithm thanks to a lucky accident, is reeling from Hideo's betrayal and the knowledge that Zero, the hacker whom Hideo hired her to neutralize, is Hideo's long-missing brother, Sasuke, whose disappearance drives Hideo to create Warcross and the algorithm. Having realized that the algorithm, meant to eliminate violence, may be causing people to commit suicide, Emika enters a tenuous partnership with Zero and the Blackcoats, a secret organization working to destroy the algorithm, and attempts to gain access to it by winning Hideo's trust. Though Emika maintains her moral center, she struggles to do right as the virtual world crosses into reality and becomes personal: "There's a point where the lines start to blur, and I am standing in that place now, struggling to see through the gray." Lu's futuristic world, with its immersive technology, feels dangerously within reach in this action-packed escapade with a thoughtful, emotion-driven core. Ages 12 up.
