Marie Lu

June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government's elite circles as Princeps Elect while Day has been assigned a high level military position. Just when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic's border cities.

Champion

Elizabeth Alfiero

Rachel Braithwaite

“I lean on the wall in sudden exhaustion. Without him nearby, there’s a lack of energy, a dulling color, gray moonlight where moments earlier there had been silver.”

"’Damn, I'm dripping water like a leaky faucet.’"

“There's a coping mechanism I've started using recently where I pretend to retreat back into the shell of my heart and crawl out of my body, like I'm not really here and am instead observing the world to another person's perspective.”

“I'm so tired. I don't know if I can ever outrun how I used to be.”

“We walk in comfortable silence, savoring the simple nearness of each other.”

“Even though he's not moving, some small piece of his manner—wild, careless, defiant—still shines through, and for an instant I flash back to when I’d first met him on the streets, with his bright blue eyes and quicksilver movements and unruly blond hair. That nostalgic image is so sweet that I suddenly feel my eyes watering. I take a deep breath and will myself not to cry.”

“Day, the champion of the people, the one who can't bear to see those around him suffer on his behalf, who would gladly give his life for those he loves.”

“He smells of earth, smoke, and wind.”

“‘You drive me insane, June,’ he murmurs against my hair. ‘You’re the scariest, most clever, bravest person I know, and sometimes I can’t catch my breath because I’m trying so hard to keep up. There will never be another like you. You realize that don’t you?”

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