Report copyright infringementby Matthew J. Kirby (Author)From the Edgar Award-winning author of The Clockwork Three comes a haunting post-apocalyptic novel where survival and self-determination collide. "An intense, read-in-one-sitting kind of ride."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review "A twisty mystery of partial truths and unexpected reveals."--BCCB2199. Deep-space exploration is a reality and teleportation is routine. But this time something seems to have gone very, very wrong. Seventeen-year-old Jessica Mathers wakes up in a lander that's crashed onto the surface of Carver 1061c, a desolate, post-extinction planet fourteen light-years from Earth. The planet she was supposed to be viewing from a ship orbiting far above. The corridors of the empty lander are covered in bloody handprints; the machines are silent and dark. And outside, in the alien dirt, there are fresh graves carefully marked with names she doesn't recognize. Now Jessica must unravel the mystery of the destruction all around her--and the questionable intentions of a familiar stranger.Author BiographyMatthew J. Kirby is the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of the middle grade novels The Clockwork Three, Icefall, The Lost Kingdom, Infinity Ring Book 5: Cave of Wonders, and the Quantum League series, the Dark Gravity Sequence, and the Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants series. He was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start, he has won the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery, the PEN Center USA award for Children's Literature, and the Judy Lopez Memorial Award, and has been named to the New York Public Library's 100 Books for Reading and Sharing, and the ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults lists. He is also a school psychologist, and currently lives in Utah with his wife and three step-kids. Number of Pages: 320 Dimensions: 0.9 x 8.8 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: April 23, 2024
