Legend

Informationen zum Autor Marie Lu Klappentext The first in an epic dystopian trilogy, which reimagines Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables". The US is gone, along with its flooded coasts. North America has split into 2 warring nations, a dark new world where 2 teenagers will go down in history. 15 year old Day is the country's most wanted criminal, whereas 15 year old June is a promising prodigy. The truth they'll uncover will become legend. Ages: 12+ Zusammenfassung Los Angeles, California Republic of America He is Day. The boy who walks in the light. She is June. The girl who seeks her brother's killer. On the run and undercover, they meet by chance. Irresistably drawn together, neither knows the other's past. But Day murdered June's brother. And she has sworn to avenge his death.

Auteur
Marie Lu is the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Legend series, the Young Elites trilogy, the Stars and Smoke duology, the Warcross series, Batman: Nightwalker, The Kingdom of Back, and the Skyhunter duology. She graduated from the University of Southern California and jumped into the video game industry, where she worked as an artist. Now a full-time writer, she spends her spare hours reading, drawing and playing games. She lives in Los Angeles with her illustrator/author husband, Primo Gallanosa, and their son.

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The first in an epic dystopian trilogy, which reimagines Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables". The US is gone, along with its flooded coasts. North America has split into 2 warring nations, a dark new world where 2 teenagers will go down in history. 15 year old Day is the country's most wanted criminal, whereas 15 year old June is a promising prodigy. The truth they'll uncover will become legend. Ages: 12+

Résumé

Legend is the much-anticipated dystopian thriller debut from US author, Marie Lu.

THE must-read dystopian thriller fiction for all teen fans of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Divergent by Veronica Roth. A brilliant re-imagining of Les Miserables, the series is set to be a global film sensation as CBS films have acquired rights to the trilogy. The Twilight Saga producers, Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, will produce.

Los Angeles*, California
Republic of America

*He is Day.
The boy who walks in the light.

She is June.
The girl who seeks her brother's killer.

On the run and undercover, they meet by chance. Irresistably drawn together, neither knows the other's past.

But Day murdered June's brother.

And she has sworn to avenge his death.
Dystopian fiction at its very best in this thrilling instalment in the Legend trilogy.

Praise for Legend:

'If you loved The Hunger Games, you'll love this.' - Sarah Rees-Brennan, author of The Demon's Lexicon

'A fine example of commercial fiction with razor-sharp plotting, depth of character and emotional arc, 'Legend' doesn't merely survive the hype, it deserves it.' - New York Times

'Marie Lu's dystopian novel is a 'Legend' in the making.' - USA Today

'Legend is impossible to put down and even harder to forget.' - Kami Garcia, author of New York Times bestselling author of film sensation, Beautiful Creatures