A second installment in
Alexandra Bracken's young adult trilogy about teens with paranormal
abilities fighting for survival in a near-future dystopia.
Ruby
never asked for the abilities that almost cost her her life. Now she
must call upon them on a daily basis, leading dangerous missions to
bring down a corrupt government and breaking into the minds of her
enemies. Other kids in the Children’s League call Ruby “Leader”, but she
knows what she really is: a monster.
When Ruby is entrusted
with an explosive secret, she must embark on her most dangerous mission
yet: leaving the Children’s League behind. Crucial information about the
disease that killed most of America’s children—and turned Ruby and the
others who lived into feared and hated outcasts—has survived every
attempt to destroy it. But the truth is only saved in one place: a
flashdrive in the hands of Liam Stewart, the boy Ruby once believed was
her future—and who now wouldn’t recognize her.
As Ruby sets out
across a desperate, lawless country to find Liam—and answers about the
catastrophe that has ripped both her life and America apart—she is torn
between old friends and the promise she made to serve the League. Ruby
will do anything to protect the people she loves. But what if winning
the war means losing herself?
