Fans of the Divergent and Hunger Games series will love Wasteland, the first installment of the Wasteland trilogy, by five-time Emmy Awardânominated writer Susan Kim and Edgar Awardâwinning Laurence Klavan. With heart-pounding thrills, this harrowing survival story is alive with action and intrigue. Welcome to the Wasteland, a post-apocalyptic U.S. where no one lives past the age of 19. But an early death isnât the only doom waiting around the corner: Everyone is forced to live under the looming threat of rampant disease and brutal attacks by the variantsâhermaphroditic outcasts that live on the outskirts of Prin.
Esther doesnât care that her best friend, a variant, is considered âthe enemy.â She doesnât care that Levi, who controls the Source, is the real enemy and might send his Taser boys after her if she makes one wrong move. Then she meets Caleb, and just possibly, she might have a chance at salvation.