Cold Falling White
By (Author) Gabrielle Prendergast
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Simon & Schuster Ltd
Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
1st December 2019
19th November 2019
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
576
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 34mm
The 5th Wave meets Beauty and the Beast in this fast-paced and heart-stopping follow-up to Zero Repeat Forever, which VOYA called an edge-of-your-seat page-turner.
Xander Liu survived the end of the worldjust barely. For more than a year he has outsmarted, hidden from, and otherwise avoided the ruthless alien invaders, the Nahx, dodging the deadly darts that have claimed so many of his friends. When the murder of his friend Raven leaves him in the protective company of August, a rebellious Nahx soldier, Xander is finally able to make his way back to human controlled territory and relative safety.
But safety amongst the humans is not what it seems. Nothing is anymore.
Raven remembers dying in the arms of August. She remembers the pain, and the way he cried as she faded away. But months later when she wakes up on a wide expanse of snowy sand dunes, shackled to a boy she thought was dead too, she has a lot of questions. What has happened to her and the other reanimated humans gathered on the dunes What is the meaning of the Nahx ships that hover ominously above them And most pressing of all, where is August, who promised to keep her safe
In the shadow of an unforgiving Canadian winter, Xander and Raven find themselves on opposite sides of an alien war neither of them signed up for. Left with little choice about their roles in the great battle that now seems inevitable, they search for answers and allies, all while feeling inexorably drawn back the place it seems their respective fates were determined, and to the one who determined them: August.
GabriellePrendergast is the author of the award-winning and multi-nominated young adult novels in verse,AudaciousandCapricious. Her middle grade novelPandas on the Eastsidewas a finalist for the 2017 Vancouver Book Award. She lives in Canada with her family. Find her on Twitter at @GabrielleSaraP.