âGripping and addictiveâShepherd has delivered again! A captivating mix of intrigue, deft twists, and complex questions, this is a must-read.ââAmie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner, New York Times bestselling authors of These Broken Stars
The Maze Runner meets Scott Westerfeld in this new series Kirkus Reviews calls âswoon-worthy and thrillingâ about teens held captive in a human zoo by an otherworldly race. From Megan Shepherd, the acclaimed author of the Madmanâs Daughter trilogy.
When Cora Mason wakes in a desert, she doesnât know where she is or who put her there. As she explores, she finds an impossible mix of environmentsâtundra next to desert, farm next to jungle, and a strangely empty town cobbled together from different cultures, all watched over by eerie black windows. And she isnât alone.
Four other teenagers have also been taken: a beautiful model, a tattooed smuggler, a secretive genius, and an army brat who seems to know too much about Coraâs past. None of them have a clue as to what happened, and all of them have secrets. As the unlikely group struggles for leadership, they slowly start to trust each other. But when their mysterious jailer appearsâa handsome young guard called Cassianâthey realize that their captivity is more terrifying than they could ever imagine: their captors arenât from Earth. And they have taken the five teenagers for an otherworldly zooâwhere the exhibits are humans.