The Towering Sky: Thousandth Floor, cartea 3
Autor Katharine McGeeen Paperback – 27 aug 2018 – vârsta de la 13 ani
When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
Welcome back to New York, 2119. A skyscraper city, fueled by impossible dreams.
LEDAjust wants to move on from what happened in Dubai. Until a new investigation forces her to seek help—from the person she’s spent all year trying to forget.
RYLINis back in her old life, reunited with an old flame. But when she starts seeing Cord again, she finds herself torn: between two worlds, and two very different boys.
CALLIOPEfeels trapped, playing a long con that costs more than she bargained for. What happens when all her lies catch up with her?
WATTis still desperately in love with Leda. He’ll do anything to win her back—even dig up secrets that are better left buried.
And now thatAVERYis home from England—with a new boyfriend, Max—her life seems more picture-perfect than ever. So why does she feel like she would rather be anythingbutperfect?
Perfect for fans of Kiera Cass and Anna Godbersen, and with all the drama, romance, and hidden secrets from The Thousandth Floor and The Dazzling Heights, this explosive finale will not disappoint.
“We couldn’t put this one down.” —The Skimm
“The luxe lives of Manhattan’s elite are even more extraordinary in Katharine McGee’s futuristic, highly addictive page-turner. The irresistible cast of characters lures you into the elevator for an unexpected ride, packed with wittily prescient high-tech details and good old-fashioned romance and drama.The Thousandth Floorwill give you vertigo and leave you eager for more.” —Cecily von Ziegesar, #1New York Timesbestselling author ofGossip Girl
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780062842480
ISBN-10: 006284248X
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperCollins
Seria Thousandth Floor
ISBN-10: 006284248X
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperCollins
Seria Thousandth Floor
Textul de pe ultima copertă
WELCOME
BACK
TO
NEW
YORK
CITY,
2119—A
SKYSCRAPER
CITY,
FUELED
BY
IMPOSSIBLE
DREAMS.
LEDA just wants to move on from what happened in Dubai. Until a new investigation forces her to seek help—from the person she’s spent all year trying to forget.
RYLIN is back in her old life, reunited with an old flame. But when she starts seeing Cord again, she finds herself torn—between two worlds, and two very different boys.
CALLIOPE feels trapped, playing a long con that costs more than she bargained for. What happens when all her lies catch up with her?
WATT is still desperately in love with Leda. He’ll do anything to win her back—even dig up secrets that are better left buried.
And now that AVERY is home from England—with a new boyfriend, Max—her life seems more picture-perfect than ever. So why does she feel like she would rather be anythingbutperfect?
In this breathtaking finale to theNew York Timesbestselling Thousandth Floor trilogy, Katharine McGee returns to her vision of twenty-second-century New York: a world of dazzling technology and unthinkable secrets. Because when you have everything . . . you have everything to lose.
LEDA just wants to move on from what happened in Dubai. Until a new investigation forces her to seek help—from the person she’s spent all year trying to forget.
RYLIN is back in her old life, reunited with an old flame. But when she starts seeing Cord again, she finds herself torn—between two worlds, and two very different boys.
CALLIOPE feels trapped, playing a long con that costs more than she bargained for. What happens when all her lies catch up with her?
WATT is still desperately in love with Leda. He’ll do anything to win her back—even dig up secrets that are better left buried.
And now that AVERY is home from England—with a new boyfriend, Max—her life seems more picture-perfect than ever. So why does she feel like she would rather be anythingbutperfect?
In this breathtaking finale to theNew York Timesbestselling Thousandth Floor trilogy, Katharine McGee returns to her vision of twenty-second-century New York: a world of dazzling technology and unthinkable secrets. Because when you have everything . . . you have everything to lose.
Recenzii
“Katharine
McGee’s
vision
of
glamorous
twenty-second
century
teens
makes
for
an
addictive
and
compelling
read
that
left
me
longing
for
the
second
installment!”
“Twenty-second century Gossip Girl-like fun. Sexy and engrossing!”
“An unparalleled mash-up of romance, mystery, and science fiction unlike anything I’ve read before. Katharine McGee gives the speculative fiction genre a much-needed make-over with a novel that’s as glamorous as it is fiercely intelligent.”
“A gleaming future where a dirty secret still has pull on any human heart.”
“Compelling and imaginative - I loved everything from the fascinating vision of the future to the scandalous lives of the characters.”
“A confident debut, replete with romance, jealousy, and enticing future fashions and tech, McGee’s story delivers more than enough drama and excitement to hook readers and leave them anticipating the next book in the trilogy.”
“A clever construction, readers who love uncovering scandalous secrets will find themselves staying up late. This is a towering debut.”
“This will be gobbled up by fans of “Gossip Girl”. An excellent hook and familiar tropes make this title a likely hit.”
“McGee has done her work in world building and character development to make a juicy, memorable future that readers will want to revisit.”
“The luxe lives of Manhattan’s elite are even more extraordinary in Katharine McGee’s futuristic, highly addictive page-turner. The Thousandth Floor will give you vertigo and leave you eager for more.”
“We couldn’t put this one down.”
“An intricate and action-packed page-turner… readers will enjoy the schadenfreude of a truly hellish high-school environment in a future driven by technology, for better and for worse.”
“Twenty-second century Gossip Girl-like fun. Sexy and engrossing!”
“An unparalleled mash-up of romance, mystery, and science fiction unlike anything I’ve read before. Katharine McGee gives the speculative fiction genre a much-needed make-over with a novel that’s as glamorous as it is fiercely intelligent.”
“A gleaming future where a dirty secret still has pull on any human heart.”
“Compelling and imaginative - I loved everything from the fascinating vision of the future to the scandalous lives of the characters.”
“A confident debut, replete with romance, jealousy, and enticing future fashions and tech, McGee’s story delivers more than enough drama and excitement to hook readers and leave them anticipating the next book in the trilogy.”
“A clever construction, readers who love uncovering scandalous secrets will find themselves staying up late. This is a towering debut.”
“This will be gobbled up by fans of “Gossip Girl”. An excellent hook and familiar tropes make this title a likely hit.”
“McGee has done her work in world building and character development to make a juicy, memorable future that readers will want to revisit.”
“The luxe lives of Manhattan’s elite are even more extraordinary in Katharine McGee’s futuristic, highly addictive page-turner. The Thousandth Floor will give you vertigo and leave you eager for more.”
“We couldn’t put this one down.”
“An intricate and action-packed page-turner… readers will enjoy the schadenfreude of a truly hellish high-school environment in a future driven by technology, for better and for worse.”
Notă biografică
Katharine McGee is from Houston, Texas. She studied English and French literature at Princeton and has an MBA from Stanford. It was during her years living in a second-floor apartment in New York City that she kept daydreaming about skyscrapers . . . and then she started writing. She now lives in Philadelphia. The Thousandth Floor is her first novel and The Dazzling Heights her second.