Captives

Captives marks the beginning of Christy award-winning author Jill Williamson's new dystopian-apocalyptic series, The Safe Land. Perfect for fans of The Hunger Games, Scott Westerfeld's Pretties series, and The Maze Runner, Captives takes readers on an exhilarating journey to a shattered future where people of faith work to preserve their values and survive amid the lies of a wayward society. After returning from a scavenging run, Levi discovers his village of Glenrock betrayed. Elders are killed and others, including his fiancée Jem, are kidnapped by enforcers and held within the walled city of Safe Land. As Levi searches for answers, he learns the Safe Land is far more dangerous than imagined, and the captive Glenrock women may hold a shocking key to the Safe Landers' survival. A disarming page-turner, Captives is a strong crossover title that will appeal to older teen and adult readers while providing a new entry into strong dystopian fiction genre found in the mainstream marketplace.Ages 15 to 18