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The Young Elites

  • 392 pages · about 7 hours
  • First published 2014
  • 14 editions

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1 About this book

I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings.

Adelina’s black hair turned silver, her lashes went pale, and now she has only a jagged scar where her left eye once was. Her cruel father believes she is a malfetto, an abomination, ruining their family’s good name and standing in the way of their fortune.

But some of the fever’s survivors are rumored to possess more than just scars—they are believed to have mysterious and powerful gifts, and though their identities remain secret, they have come to be called the Young Elites. Teren Santoro works for the king. As Leader of the Inquisition Axis, it is his job to seek out the Young Elites, to destroy them before they destroy the nation.

Good for readers who want: adventure, fantasy, and magic.

  • Adventure
  • Fantasy & Magic
  • Magic
  • Dystopian fiction
  • Mutation (Biology)
  • Fantasy
  • Abused children
  • Secret societies

2 About Marie Lu

Born 1984

Marie Lu (born 11 July 1984; born Xiwei Lu, Chinese: 陸希未) is an American young adult science fiction and fantasy author. She is best known for the Legend series, novels set in a dystopian and militarized future, as well as the Young Elites series, the Warcross series, and Batman: Nightwalker in the DC Icons series.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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