So in the end, this had no real stakes for me. And, while I really think the action scenes were excellent - certainly among some of the best and most visual I've read in a YA novel - the characters and the story arc didn't live up to that standard at all. This book felt rushed and incomplete at the end. “This eerie look at an all-too-possible future is tense and gripping.”-Michael Grant, New York Times bestselling author of the Gone series “In a world where terrorism is an increasing threat, this fast-paced book brings it home.”-Kirkus Reviews “Wells knows how to snare readers’ attention and hold them spellbound.”-Publishers Weekly (starred review) In Dead Zone, he delivers his most nail-bitingly tense read yet-and an electrifying conclusion to a two-book series that’s perfect for fans of The Maze Runner and I Am Number Four. Robison Wells blew readers away with his first novel, Variant, which Publishers Weekly called “a chilling and masterful debut” in a starred review. Now the true invasion has begun, and a handful of teenagers with impossible powers are America’s only defense. Then a series of attacks erupted across the nation. Fantastic!”Īmerica is at war-and five teens are caught in the crossfire. Homeland meets Marie Lu’s Legend in the explosive sequel to Blackout, which #1 New York Times bestselling author Ally Condie called “a thrilling combination of Wells’s trademark twists and terror.
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