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The extraordinary new dystopian novel from the author of the international best seller I'm Not Scared. Summer has ended, but the heat will not let up. Ash has covered everything. Anna and Astor live in the house behind the fence, surviving in a world stripped of adults. The rooms are piled high with rubbish. Their mother's skeleton lies perfect on the bed. And every few days, Anna must head out beyond the fence for provisions and medicine. Each time she goes, she may never come back.

In una Sicilia distopica, una ragazzina di tredici anni parte alla ricerca del fratellino rapito. Decimata da un virus che uccide solo gli adulti, l'isola è percorsa da selvagge orde di ragazzini e cani randagi.

In the second book of The Redemption series, Levi uses Anna’s love for those she cares about to further his own agenda. He forces her to do something for him that not even Lucifer was able to accomplish in a thousand years of scheming. While Anna attempts to work through her feelings for Lucifer, she becomes increasingly confused by his actions. One moment he seems to want to form a connection with her, and the next he does something which could tear them permanently apart.

Wszystkie kultury mają swoje mity o stworzeniu świata. Sięgając zarówno do mitologii powszechnie znanych, jak i przekazów małych plemion indiańskich czy afrykańskich, autorka opisała te, które wydały jej się najpiękniejsze i najbardziej niezwykłe. Potraktowała je autorsko, pozwalając sobie w niektórych przypadkach nie tylko na fabularyzację, ale również na dość swobodne łączenie czy wybór interesujących wątków. "Byłabym szczęśliwa, gdybyście – czytając tę książkę – zachwycili się, podobnie jak ja, bogactwem ludzkiej wyobraźni".