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Book Synopsis***SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD***
Imagine a nightmare from which there is no escape. Seventeen-year-old Chan''s ancestors left a dying Earth hundreds of years ago, in search of a new home. They never found one.
This is a hell where no one can hide. The only life that Chan''s ever known is one of violence, of fighting. Of trying to survive.
This is a ship of death, of murderers and cults and gangs. But there might be a way to escape. In order to find it, Chan must head way down into the darkness - a place of buried secrets, long-forgotten lies, and the abandoned bodies of the dead.
This is Australia. Seventeen-year-old Chan, fiercely independent and self-sufficient, keeps her head down and lives quietly, careful not to draw attention to herself amidst the violence and disorder. Until the day she makes an extraordinary discovery - a way to return the Australia to Earth. But doing so would bring her to the attentio
Trade Review
Hard-hitting, lightning-paced and beautifully written, Way Down Dark delivers a thrilling fight for survival in a world where death lurks around every corner. Fans of The Hunger Games will devour it, although they might not want to read it after dark...
A dark and brutal new YA trilogy with a heroine who could whup Katniss any day of the week.
When the stars align, I feel like I won a small lottery. Such is the case with James Smythe. - Wired
A young writer with a preternaturally powerful and distinctive voice. - Guardian
Savage, intimate, inexorable.
As if Philip K Dick and David Mitchell collaborated on an episode of
The West Wing. Unsettling, gripping and hugely thought-provoking.
