A riveting sci-fi dystopic thriller and series launch from the author of ENDERS.
Fast-paced, romantic, and thought-provoking." --Justine. com "A must-read for fans of The Hunger Games and Legend. com "Chilling and riveting." --Shelf-Awareness.
The inevitable sequel can\'t appear soon enough." --Booklist "Addictive and alluring." --Examiner. . . .
Constantly rising stakes keep this debut intense." --Kirkus Reviews "Fast-paced dystopian fiction. . . . com "Readers will stay hooked.
Dystopian sci-fi at its best." --Los Angeles Times "Intriguing, thought-provoking and addictive." --Book Reporter. com "A smart, swift, inventive, altogether gripping story." --DEAN KOONTZ "Readers who have been waiting for a worthy successor to Suzanne Collins\'s The Hunger Games will find it here.
PRAISE FOR STARTERS: "A bona fide page-turner." --MTV. .
Includes Portrait of a Spore, a never-before-published short story that takes place in the world of STARTERS. . .
Callie soon discovers that her renter intends to do more than party--and that Prime Destinations\' plans are more evil than she could ever have imagined.
But the neurochip they place in Callie\'s head malfunctions and she wakes up in the life of her renter.
Callie, desperate for the money that will keep her, Tyler, and Michael alive, agrees to be a donor.
He hires teens to rent their bodies to Enders--seniors who want to be young again.
Callie\'s only hope is Prime Destinations, a disturbing place in Beverly Hills run by a mysterious figure known as the Old Man.
She and her little brother, Tyler, go on the run, living as squatters with their friend Michael and fighting off renegades who would kill them for a cookie.
Callie lost her parents when the Spore Wars wiped out everyone between the ages of twenty and sixty.
A riveting sci-fi dystopic thriller and series launch from the author of ENDERS
