by Ann Aguirre
Part of Razorland
First published 2013
The Freaks are no longer scattered. They move in organized waves now, with scouts and perimeters and patrols, pressing against the walls of Salvation while the people inside scramble to remember how to fight. Deuce stands in the middle of it. She gave up her Huntress title, but she never put down her knives. Alongside Fade, Stalker, and Tegan, she moves out to meet a threat that has grown into something no living human has faced before. The odds were never in her favor. They weren't when she was born underground, and they aren't now. But Deuce does not run. She fights for Salvation, for the scattered settlements the Freaks are tearing apart, and for Fade, whose love she is not willing to lose. What began as a struggle to survive one enclave has become something larger. The war spreading across the land is not about territory or food or a single outpost. It is about whether humanity continues at all. Deuce carries that weight now, and she intends to carry it forward.
Genres: science-fiction, dystopia, adventure, action, young-adult, post-apocalyptic
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, gritty, intense, suspenseful
Tropes: chosen-one, enemies-to-lovers, found-family, strong-female-lead
Setting: Salvation
422 pages · Hardcover · Feiwel & Friends
Content warnings: death, graphic-violence, violence, war