Kalahari

Zusatztext A gripping adventure. -- Kirkus "Survivor meets James Bond in this page-turning mix of realism and science fiction." Voice of Youth Advocates Enthralling and filled with suspense... -- School Library Journal "Khoury builds a relentless plot and seeds the narrative with a deadly mystery that echoes themes of her first novel! Origin (2012). The science-fiction elements and setting evoke Jurassic Park 's themes of human meddling in nature! while touches of teen angst and love keep the book realistic and broaden the appeal." -- Booklist "Khoury keeps the tension throughout with life-threatening moments and narrow escapes...a true adventure story in an unusual setting." -- School Library Connection Reviews A blend of survival/adventure! sci-fi! and first love! KALAHARI is grounded in the resourceful courage of a girl raised in the African bush. Thrilling! unpredictable! irresistible . . . six teenagers in dire straits! and the suspense never lets up. Readers will flock to Jessica Khoury's masterful prose and storytelling. --Will Hobbs! award-winning author of Far North and Never Say Die Informationen zum Autor Jessica Khoury holds a BA in English from Toccoa Falls College. When not writing, she spends her time on the soccer pitch or traveling the world. She lives in Easley, South Carolina, with her husband and two dogs. Jessica is also the author of Origin and Vitro . Follow her on Twitter @jkbibliophile. For more info, visit www.jessicakhoury.com Klappentext "Survivor meets James Bond in this page-turning mix of realism and science fiction." -Voice of Youth Advocates Deep in the Kalahari Desert, a Corpus lab protects a dangerous secret But what happens when that secret takes on a life of its own? When an educational safari goes wrong, five teens find themselves stranded in the Kalahari Desert without a guide. It's up to Sarah, the daughter of zoologists, to keep them alive and lead them to safety, calling on survival know-how from years of growing up in remote and exotic locales. Battling dehydration, starvation and the pangs of first love, she does her best to hold it together, even as their circumstances grow increasingly desperate. But soon a terrifying encounter makes Sarah question everything she's ever known about the natural world. A silver lion, as though made of mercury, makes a vicious, unprovoked attack on the group. After a narrow escape, they uncover the chilling truth behind the lion's silver sheen: a highly contagious and deadly virus that threatens to ravage the entire area-and eliminate life as they know it. In this breathtaking new novel by the acclaimed author of Origin and Vitro, Sarah and the others must not only outrun the virus, but its creators, who will stop at nothing to wipe every trace of it.This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected proof Copyright © 2015 Jessica Khoury O N E The lions were napping on the runway again. I held up a hand against the blazing African sun and stared at the small silver plane that was just minutes away from touching down. I'd have to move the pride before it landed. Theo! I called. The Bushman was sitting on the hood of the Land Cruiser, and when he looked my way, I pointed at the three lionesses and two cubs sunning themselves on the hard-packed sand. Laughing, he leaned backward and honked the horn of the truck, his way of saying we'd have to chase them off. I nodded and ran back to the Cruiser, tossing my folder of papers in the backseat. In a moment, I had the engine roaring and we were off, rattling down the runway toward the sleeping lions. They yawned and chuffed at me in a lazy attempt to scare me off, but I bore down on them. I recognized the pride; the lionesses were sist...

“A gripping adventure.”
--Kirkus

"Survivor meets James Bond in this page-turning mix of realism and science fiction."
—Voice of Youth Advocates

“Enthralling and filled with suspense...”
--*School Library Journal

"Khoury builds a relentless plot and seeds the narrative with a deadly mystery that echoes themes of her first novel, *Origin (2012). The science-fiction elements and setting evoke Jurassic Park's themes of human meddling in nature, while touches of teen angst and love keep the book realistic and broaden the appeal."
--Booklist 

"Khoury keeps the tension throughout with life-threatening moments and narrow escapes...a true adventure story in an unusual setting." 
--School Library Connection Reviews

“A blend of survival/adventure, sci-fi, and first love, KALAHARI is grounded in the resourceful courage of a girl raised in the African bush. Thrilling, unpredictable, irresistible . . . six teenagers in dire straits, and the suspense never lets up. Readers will flock to Jessica Khoury's masterful prose and storytelling.”
--Will Hobbs, award-winning author of Far North  and Never Say Die

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Jessica Khoury

Klappentext

"Survivor meets James Bond in this page-turning mix of realism and science fiction."
-Voice of Youth Advocates

Deep in the Kalahari Desert, a Corpus lab protects a dangerous secret…
But what happens when that secret takes on a life of its own?

When an educational safari goes wrong, five teens find themselves stranded in the Kalahari Desert without a guide. It's up to Sarah, the daughter of zoologists, to keep them alive and lead them to safety, calling on survival know-how from years of growing up in remote and exotic locales. Battling dehydration, starvation and the pangs of first love, she does her best to hold it together, even as their circumstances grow increasingly desperate.

But soon a terrifying encounter makes Sarah question everything she's ever known about the natural world. A silver lion, as though made of mercury, makes a vicious, unprovoked attack on the group. After a narrow escape, they uncover the chilling truth behind the lion's silver sheen: a highly contagious and deadly virus that threatens to ravage the entire area-and eliminate life as they know it.

In this breathtaking new novel by the acclaimed author of Origin and Vitro, Sarah and the others must not only outrun the virus, but its creators, who will stop at nothing to wipe every trace of it.

Leseprobe
This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected proof

Copyright © 2015 Jessica Khoury

O N E

The lions were napping on the runway again.

I held up a hand against the blazing African sun and stared at the small silver plane that was just minutes away from touching down. I’d have to move the pride before it landed.

“Theo!” I called. The Bushman was sitting on the hood of the Land Cruiser, and when he looked my way, I pointed at the three lionesses and two cubs sunning themselves on the hard-packed sand. Laughing, he leaned backward and honked the horn of the truck, his way of saying we’d have to chase them off. I nodded and ran back to the Cruiser, tossing my folder of papers in the backseat.

In a moment, I had the engine roaring and we were off, rattling down the runway toward the sleeping lions. They yawned and chuffed at me in a lazy attempt to scare me off, but I bore down on them. I recognized the pride; the lionesses were sisters, used to us rambling around the bush. They barely opened their eyes as the truck trundled up to them.

I stopped the Cruiser, leaving the engine running, and climbed onto the hood. From there, I shouted and waved my arms, to the amusement of the cubs, who rolled and yowled and stretched. At last, their mothers lifted themselves up huffily and ambled off the runway. They were soon lost in the waving golden grass, their tawny coats blending into the dry savanna. Just the black tips of their tails showed, flickering slyly above the foliage, and then those too vanished.

I drove the truck back to the other end of t…