Shattered Roads
Author: Henderson, Alice
ISBN: 9781635730494
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 03 Apr 2018
Pages: 231
Format: Paperback / softback
i>In a future laid waste by environmental catastrophe, one woman in a shielded megacity discovers a secret hidden within-and the nightmare of what lies beyond./i>br> i>/i>br> b>i>/i>The Skyfire Saga/b>br> br> Her designation is H124-a menial worker in a city safeguarded against the devastating br> storms of the outer world. In a community where consumerism has dulled the senses, where apathy is the norm and education is a thing of the past, H124 has one job- remove the bodies of citizens when they pass away in their living pods. br> br> Then one night, H124's routine leads her into the underground ruins of an ancient university. Buried within it is a prescient alarm set up generations ago- an extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward earth. br> br> When her warning is seen as an attempt to topple the government with her knowledge of science, H124 is hunted-and sent fleeing for her life beyond the shield of her walled metropolis. In a br> weather-ravaged unknown, her only hope lies with the Rovers, the most dangerous faction on Earth. For they have continued to learn. And they have survived to help avert a terrifying threat- the end of the world is near.
ISBN: 9781635730494
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 03 Apr 2018
Pages: 231
Format: Paperback / softback
i>In a future laid waste by environmental catastrophe, one woman in a shielded megacity discovers a secret hidden within-and the nightmare of what lies beyond./i>br> i>/i>br> b>i>/i>The Skyfire Saga/b>br> br> Her designation is H124-a menial worker in a city safeguarded against the devastating br> storms of the outer world. In a community where consumerism has dulled the senses, where apathy is the norm and education is a thing of the past, H124 has one job- remove the bodies of citizens when they pass away in their living pods. br> br> Then one night, H124's routine leads her into the underground ruins of an ancient university. Buried within it is a prescient alarm set up generations ago- an extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward earth. br> br> When her warning is seen as an attempt to topple the government with her knowledge of science, H124 is hunted-and sent fleeing for her life beyond the shield of her walled metropolis. In a br> weather-ravaged unknown, her only hope lies with the Rovers, the most dangerous faction on Earth. For they have continued to learn. And they have survived to help avert a terrifying threat- the end of the world is near.
