Kniha: For Darkness Shows The Stars v anglickom jazyku

Pred niekoľkými generáciami spôsobil nepodarený genetický experiment Redukciu - zdecimovanie ľudstva, a podporil vzostup panstva, ktoré postavilo väčšinu technológií mimo zákon.

Elliot North vždy poznala svoje miesto. Pred štyrmi rokmi odmietla utiecť so svojim detským priateľom, sluhom Kaiom, a uprednostnila tak povinnosti voči majetku svojej rodiny pred láskou. No odvtedy sa svet zmenil: nová trieda Post-Redukcionistov podporuje pokrok, a majetok Elliot sa rúca a núti ju prenajať pozemky záhadnému Cloudovy Fleetovi a skupine staviteľov lodí, vrátane slávneho objaviteľa Kapitána Malakaia Wentfortha - teda Kaia. A kým sa Elliot snaží zistiť, či by toto mohla byť ich druhá šanca, zdá sa, že Kai jej chce ukázať, čoho sa vzdala, keď ho nechala odísť.

No Elliot čoskoro objaví, že jej starý priateľ má tajomstvo, ktoré by mohlo zmeniť ich spoločnosť - alebo ju dostať na kolená. A znova stojí pred rozhodnutím, či má veriť tomu, v čom bola vychovaná, alebo si vybrať jediného chlapca, ktorého kedy milovala, aj keď ho už navždy stratila.

It's been several generations since a genetic experiment gone wrong caused the Reduction, decimating humanity and giving rise to a Luddite nobility who outlawed most technology.

Elliot North has always known her place in this world. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, the servant Kai, choosing duty to her family's estate over love. Since then the world has changed: a new class of Post-Reductionists is jumpstarting the wheel of progress, and Elliot's estate is foundering, forcing her to rent land to the mysterious Cloud Fleet, a group of shipbuilders that includes renowned explorer Captain Malakai Wentforth—an almost unrecognizable Kai. And while Elliot wonders if this could be their second chance, Kai seems determined to show Elliot exactly what she gave up when she let him go.

But Elliot soon discovers her old friend carries a secret—one that could change their society . . . or bring it to its knees. And again, she's faced with a choice: cling to what she's been raised to believe, or cast her lot with the only boy she's ever loved, even if she's lost him forever.

Inspired by Jane Austen's persuasion, For Darkness Shows the Stars is a breathtaking romance about opening your mind to the future and your heart to the one person you know can break it.

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About the Author:

Diana Peterfreund has lain in silence on a forest floor while a panther stalked its prey nearby. She's swum with sharks in the Great Barrier Reef, lived next door to a very lonely alligator, let piranhas nibble on her toes, and watched as a hyena seriously considered eating her husband. She's seen all kinds of predators, but nothing scares her more than unicorns. A graduate of Yale University, she now lives in Washington, DC, and has written eight books for adults and teens.