Action! Humor! Fantasy! Kicking off a new series with a bang (several bangs, in fact), Stroud sends two young fugitives with murky pasts fleeing murderous pursuers across a fractured future Britain.
In this fast-paced, quick-witted whirlwind of a story, Jonathan Stroud introduces two unlikely allies--the Outlaws Scarlett and Browne--who are about to become the most notorious renegades in all that\'s left of Britain..
And that he may be the most dangerous threat of all.
As they flee together across the wilds, fighting off monstrous beasts, and dodging their pursuers, Scarlett comes to realize that Albert Browne is hiding a terrible secret. . .
It was only a little bank she\'d robbed .
Scarlett\'s used to being chased by the law, but this is extreme.
Soon there are men with dogs and guns and explosives hot on their heels.
This is a mistake.
He is the sole survivor of a horrific accident, and against her better judgement, Scarlett agrees to guide him to safety.
She\'s on the run from her latest crime when she comes across Albert Browne.
She scrapes by on bank heists, her wits--and never looking back. -- Kirkus Reviews, starred Scarlett McCain is a shoot-first ask-questions-later kind of outlaw.
Action! Humor! Fantasy! Kicking off a new series with a bang (several bangs, in fact), Stroud sends two young fugitives with murky pasts fleeing murderous pursuers across a fractured future Britain
