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The books also allowed her to blend multiple genres, from young adult, to dystopian, and science fiction and gamelit. [ 4 ] Additionally, Lu had already planned for the series to be a two-parter , stating, "I had an erroneous idea that writing a duology would be simpler than writing a trilogy because I would get to cut out the middle book.
Warcross is a young adult science fiction novel by Marie Lu, which was published on September 17, 2017 by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Warcross is the first book in the duology of the same name, set in a cyberpunk future, New Yorker 18-year-old Emika Chen works as a "hunter" (a kind of bounty hunter ) who earns her living making arrests for minor crimes.
Marie Lu (born 11 July 1984; birthname: Xiwei Lu, Chinese: 陸希未) is an American young adult science fiction and fantasy author. She is best known for the Legend series, novels set in a dystopian and militarized future, as well as the Young Elites series, the Warcross series, and Batman: Nightwalker in the DC Icons series.
Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories and producer John Cameron have optioned the rights to adapt Marie Lu’s novel "Warcross" as a television series. For the millions who log in every day ...
Champion is a dystopian young adult novel and the third book in the Legend series written by American novelist Marie Lu. [2] It was released on November 5, 2013. [ 3 ]
The Young Elites is a fantasy novel by novelist Marie Lu released on October 7, 2014. [1] It is the first novel in the trilogy. The second book is called The Rose Society and was released on October 13, 2015.
The novel has been warmly received by critics. In The Los Angeles Times, Sara Scribner wrote, "Marie Lu has beaten the curse with 'Prodigy,' the second book in the 'Legend' series...Unlike 'The Hunger Games,' which delivers its adrenaline rush by giving kids bows and arrows, this series' power is derived through its layered atmospheres and the way its characters reflect and fight their worlds ...
The third novel in the Uglies series begins two months after events in Pretties in which Tally Youngblood has become a member of an elite group of "Specials," surgically enhanced super-humans, called the Cutters, who were founded by Shay. She invented the use of ritual self-harm to become "bubbly" and clear-headed in spite of brain lesions used ...