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This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do.

This afternoon, her planet was invaded.

The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to fight their way onto one of the evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit.

But their problems are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet’s AI, which should be protecting them, may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a tangled web of data to find the truth, it’s clear only one person can help her bring it all to light: the ex-boyfriend she swore she’d never speak to again!

Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents—including emails, schematics, military files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more - Illuminae is the first book in a heart-stopping, high-octane trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.

Aged 13+

Notes

Awards:
Winner 2016 ABIA Award
Book of the Year for Older Children – Judges
Winner 2016 ABIA Award
Book of the Year for Older Children – People’s Choice
Shortlisted for Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Awards
Winner Gold Inky Award
Honour Book – Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
A Kirkus Best Books of 2015 pick
A Booklist Best YA Books of 2015 pick
A YALSA Best Fiction of 2016 pick
A VOYA’s Perfect Tens of 2015 pick
An Amazon Best YA Books of 2015 pick
A Junior Library Guild selection
A Goodreads Choice Awards semi-finalist
A Huffington Post Top Ten YA Books of 2015 pick
A Sydney Morning Herald best books of the year pick

Reviews:
★ "Ambitious, heartbreaking, and out-of-this-world awesome.” - Kirkus Reviews
★ "…a stylistically mesmerising tale, where story and art are interchangeable, and words act as pictures." - Publishers Weekly
★ "A fast-paced, quasi-political sci-fi thriller that is completely unique." - Booklist starred review
★ "Unforgettable. A game-changer for its genre." - Shelf Awareness
★ "You’ll cheer, you’ll gasp, you’ll hang on for all 600 pages. Illuminae is a real feat of fiction. - Romantic Times gold pick
★ "This Sci-Fi space adventure will be your new YA obsession." - MTV
★ "This is one of those rare books that will truly keep your heart pounding and the pages turning as you peel back the layers –and you hope that the characters you love survive." - Beth Revis, New York Times bestselling author
★ "Nervy chicks, cute fighter pilots, lots of heart, lots of heartbreak, a mentally unstable battleship, and even pink hair! This book is XXXXing awesome!” - Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author
★ "An exuberant mix of space opera, romance, zombies, hackers, and political thrills, told with eccentric aplomb. Illuminae is both the weirdest and most heartfelt thing you’ll read this year." - Scott Westerfeld, New York Times bestselling author
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