K a Riley

Aided by the Insubordinates, Kress and her Conspiracy wage a daring counter-offensive against the Patriot Army in an effort to liberate the city of San Francisco. Outnumbered, facing impossible odds, and opposed by a powerful and ruthless enemy named General Ekker, Kress and her friends hope for help as they struggle to understand and control their emerging abilities.

Rebellion

In the year 2043, with the nation destroyed by war, seventeen-year-old Kress and her Conspiracy of friends embark on a dangerous cross-country mission to locate and recruit other Emergents, the name given to teenagers who have begun to exhibit strange evolutionary abilities. Not all Emergents are ready to accept who and what they are, however, and some have even started using their abilities for selfish or evil ends. Now Kress has to figure out who is friend and who is foe as she risks everything to expose the government's lies and take down the tyrannical President Krug once and for all. Picking up where the Resistance Trilogy leaves off, the stand-alone Emergents Trilogy follows Kress and her Conspiracy on a daring quest to restore democracy and truth to the country.

A Young Adult Dystopian Novel

Survival

Before the Blight, becoming an adult was something teenagers looked forward to. But now, turning eighteen means certain death. Unless you prove yourself worthy of the Cure. On her seventeenth birthday, Ashen Spencer is blindfolded and escorted to the massive, mysterious building known as the Arc to begin her year of training and testing in hopes that she can earn the Cure-a powerful drug given only to those deemed worthy to survive beyond their eighteenth birthday. Ashen has a chance to rise up from her former life of squalor and be granted a place in society, if the Panel-the mysterious group of powerful men and women in charge of the Arc-deems her year a success. She's assigned to work for twelve months as a servant for a wealthy family whose son is the most alluring young man she's ever met. At first, Ashen is grateful for the opportunity to earn her place in a society she's always dreamed of inhabiting. But as time passes and she begins to learn the truth about the people she admires so much and the home she left behind, she realizes she has a choice: Be part of the disease...Or be part of the Cure. For readers of The Hunger Games, Divergent, and the Selection.

The Cure

After their costly victory over President Krug and the Patriot Army, eighteen-year-old Kress and her Conspiracy travel to a newly medieval London, England where they are forced to fight their way through two warring factions amid a decimated hellscape. Their struggle for survival takes them on an epic quest through what's left of London as they race to track down a pair of mythical twins, who are rumored to have the unique ability to enter the world of dreams. Pursued by a mysterious woman and her relentless bounty hunters called "Hawkers," Kress and her friends-old and new-embark on a danger-filled, whirlwind crusade that makes their previous adventures look like a summer vacation. Travelers is Book 1 of the Transcendent Trilogy in the Conspiracy Series, and picks up where the Resistance Trilogy and Emergents Trilogy leave off.

Travelers

Captured by the group of rogue Emergents known as "Hypnagogics," Kress and her Conspiracy search desperately for a way out of their confinement in a stadium-sized prison-lab called the Mill. There, they find themselves subjected to a bombardment of psychological manipulations, physical challenges, and cruel techno-genetic experiments.Forced by the mysterious "Auditor" to endure a battery of mind-warping Virtual Reality missions and unsettled by a series of shocking discoveries, Kress and her friends will need to make agonizing choices and an equally painful sacrifice.

Sacrifice

Taken captive by a Fae whose cruelty is legendary in the realms of Kalemnar, Lyrinn must find a way to escape and get back to the High Lord she loves. But when she finds herself far from home, a prisoner in a distant realm, she quickly discovers that not all is as it seems. Torn between two realms, she learns of the Elar-an Immortal imbued with the greatest powers in the land. But for Lyrinn, the only Immortal of any importance is the one she left behind. She must find her way back to her home-but she knows the cost should she leave...and ultimately, she is faced with a choice that may break her. A Crown Broken is the second book in the Fae of Tíria series, which begins with A Kingdom Scarred. It is not intended for young audiences.

A Fantasy Romance

A Crown Broken

It's been more than five years since Kress and her Conspiracy defeated Krug and his Patriot Army, traveled through Europe and back, completed a cross-country rescue mission, and made it home alive. Things were looking up for the future of the nation...until the members of the Cult of the Devoted and the teenagers of the Army of the Unsettled decided to light the fuse for an all-out civil war. Now, a special Academy-hidden high in the mountains and designed as a school to train young Emergents in the use of their abilities-is being forced into the fight. On the brink of a new global apocalypse, the mysterious raven-whisperer Branwynne and the techno-genetically enhanced teenagers of the Emergents Academy find themselves entangled in a three-way battle for power, where survival is doubtful, peace is impossible, and death is inevitable.

A Dystopian Novel

Emergents Academy

Embarking on a fresh set of adventures through Europe, Kress and her Conspiracy continue their search for fellow Emergents, unsure if they're about to find new friends or the deadliest collection of enemies. With Noxia and her team of Hawkers hot on their heels, the Conspiracy will come face to face with mind-blowing discoveries, the shocking truth about their dreams, and solutions to mysteries they may wish they'd never tried to solve.

Transfigured

After their overseas missions, Kress and her Conspiracy return home to a divided nation.The East and West Coasts have become fragile havens from a dystopian middle America, which remains mired in fear, poverty, and the most sadistic brands of vigilante violence.All Kress and her Conspiracy have to do is embark on a cross-country road-trip from Washington, D.C. to the Valta in Colorado, dodge the deadly Cult of the Devoted and the Army of the Unsettled-two groups battling for control over a land that might not be worth saving-and complete a perilous rescue mission along the way.What could possibly go wrong?Join Kress and her friends-new and old-for one last adventure of sad losses, happy reunions, deadly encounters, and heartbreaking departures.The end is here!But what new beginnings will the finale inspire...?

Terminus

Encouraged by happy reunions, shocked by terrifying discoveries, and with the lives of millions and the fate of the nation hanging in the balance, Kress and her Conspiracy-along with their new legions of allies, the Survivalists and the Unkindness-prepare for their final, all-or-nothing war against Krug and the assembled might of his Patriot Army.

Synthesis

With Vega Sloane's return to Fairhaven comes the beginning of her senior year at Plymouth High. Which, of course, means friends, parties, and drama. Tensions arise with her best friend, Liv, who isn't exactly excited by Vega's new circle of friends...not to mention that keeping a constant eye out for mortal enemies can seriously eat into a girl's social life.But a Seeker's work is never finished, and Vega has a crucial task ahead of her: find the Lyre of Adair before the Usurper Queen's minions do.

Seeker's Fate

After barely escaping with her life, Ashen finds her way home to the Arc, thanks to the help of an old friend. After a long absence, Ash isn't sure what she's about to find. The Bishop's deception and cruelty have turned her world upside down, leaving her reeling as a wedge is driven between her and Finn, forcing them to live separate lives. Worse still, when she arrives, she is faced with the challenge of proving to the Arc's leaders that she's telling the truth about all that has happened since she left home. As she fights an impossible uphill battle, she must confront betrayal, lies, and heartbreaking loss that will either lead to her vindication or her ultimate downfall. With enemies vanquished, alliances solidified, and old friendships renewed, the end seems near for Ash in her final battle against tyranny... Or is it? Reign is the fifth and final book in The Cure Chronicles Series.

Reign

War is coming to the Otherwhere, and the Orb of Kilarin is still hidden somewhere, awaiting discovery by a Seeker. In the meantime, Vega has returned to Fairhaven. A new threat has risen in the Otherwhere's South, and there is little time left to make the ancient prophecy come true. Betrayal, bonds, and a battle in Fairhaven will threaten Vega's life, her love, and the family she's managed to build.Will she be able to stop the danger before all is lost?

Seeker's Hunt

In the days before Epic-the mysterious albino techno-geneticist-is expected to light the fuse for an all-out war, Branwynne and her Asylum have been given their first major assignment: track and report back to their teachers about the moving caravan of the Army of the Unsettled. What could be simpler? When the violence of a broken world hits close to home, Branwynne and her friends find themselves dragged into the bizarre and unexpected world of the Army of the Unsettled. In over their heads, weaponless, and with no backup on the horizon, they're about to discover the big difference between learning about the end of the world and surviving it.

Army of the Unsettled

Kress and Brohn, a young Emergent couple with techno-genetically enhanced abilities, embark on a quest to infiltrate the Cult of the Devoted in the skyscraping arcology in the middle of what's left of Denver, Colorado. When Brohn mysteriously vanishes early in their mission, Kress-accompanied by Render, her psychically-connected raven companion-is forced to undertake a perilous journey through a danger-filled, post-apocalyptic city to find him and get him back. In this high-stakes adventure, inspired by Homer's epic The Odyssey, Kress must battle manipulators, gangsters, giants, and ghosts, and will literally go through Hell to find the man she loves.

Arise

Vega Sloane's brother, Will, and best friend, Liv, have been taken, and it's up to her to bring them back to the safety of their own world. But what seems like a simple rescue mission quickly turns into something far more perilous than Vega could ever have imagined. Trapped in a place where nothing is quite as it seems, she can't help but wonder if she'll ever find her way back to the Academy, to the strange new friends she's met...and to the mysterious boy who has captured her heart. In her first encounter with the Usurper Queen, Vega learns that she's not the only one with family secrets. But perhaps some secrets are best left unsaid.Seeker's Quest is the second book in the Seeker's World Series.

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