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When Adelina Amouteru was a child, a deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, but some of the fever's survivors have inherited mysterious and powerful gifts, including Adelina. Together they form a secret sect that can perform impossible feats. They are the Young Elites.

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If you like The Hunger Games, you'll love this!

Sarah Rees-Brennan, author of The Demon's Lexicon

A romantic thriller set in a post-apocalyptic world where nothing is what it seems - Legend is impossible to out down and even harder to forget

Kami Garcia, NYT bestselling author of Beautiful Creatures

Legend doesn't merely survive the hype, it deserves it

Marie Lu's dystopian novel is a 'Legend' in the making

For all fans of The Hunger Games - an epic YA dystopian romantic thriller 
 
Los Angeles, California 
Republic of America 
 
He is Day. 
The boy who walks in the light. 
 
She is June. 
The girl who seeks her brother's killer. 
 
On the run and undercover, they meet by chance. Irresistably drawn together, neither knows the other's past. 
 
But Day murdered June's brother. 
 
And she has sworn to avenge his death.

Legend is the much-anticipated dystopian thriller debut from US author, Marie Lu. 
 
THE must-read dystopian thriller fiction for all teen fans of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Divergent by Veronica Roth. A brilliant re-imagining of Les Miserables, the series is set to be a global film sensation as CBS films have acquired rights to the trilogy. The Twilight Saga producers, Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, will produce. 
 
 
 
Los Angeles, California 
Republic of America 
 
He is Day. 
The boy who walks in the light. 
 
She is June. 
The girl who seeks her brother's killer. 
 
On the run and undercover, they meet by chance. Irresistably drawn together, neither knows the other's past. 
 
But Day murdered June's brother. 
 
And she has sworn to avenge his death. 
Dystopian fiction at its very best in this thrilling instalment in the Legend trilogy. 
 
 
 
 
Praise for Legend: 
 
'If you loved The Hunger Games, you'll love this.' - Sarah Rees-Brennan, author of The Demon's Lexicon 
 
'A fine example of commercial fiction with razor-sharp plotting, depth of character and emotional arc, 'Legend' doesn't merely survive the hype, it deserves it.' - New York Times 
 
'Marie Lu's dystopian novel is a 'Legend' in the making.' - USA Today 
 
'Legend is impossible to put down and even harder to forget.' - Kami Garcia, author of New York Times bestselling author of film sensation, Beautiful Creatures

Marie Lu is the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Legend series, the Young Elites trilogy, the Stars and Smoke duology, the Warcross series, Batman: Nightwalker, The Kingdom of Back, and the Skyhunter duology. She graduated from the University of Southern California and jumped into the video game industry, where she worked as an artist. Now a full-time writer, she spends her spare hours reading, drawing and playing games. She lives in Los Angeles with her illustrator/author husband, Primo Gallanosa, and their son.

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