Part of The Lunar Chronicles, book 4.5
First published 2016
Young Scarlet watches as Princess Selene arrives under Michelle Benoit's protection. Cinder struggles with the plague's aftermath and strange malfunctions in her systems. A soldier fights against Queen Levana's brutal conditioning, desperate not to become the weapon she demands. Thirteen-year-old Carswell Thorne plots his escape from Los Angeles aboard a stolen spaceship. Nine-year-old Cress finds herself trapped alone on a satellite, forced to spy on Earth for Luna. Winter and Jacin play their childhood game, unaware of the roles they will truly fill. An android dreams of becoming human in a tale that mirrors "The Little Mermaid." Prince Kai meets a mechanic named Cinder for the first time. Friends celebrate at the wedding that will unite worlds. These nine tales explore the origins, transformations, and futures of the characters from the Lunar Chronicles, showing the moments that shaped their destinies and the connections that bind them together across planets and years.
Genres: science-fiction, romance, fantasy, young-adult
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Los Angeles, Luna
Period: future
400 pages · Hardcover · Feiwel & Friends