Synopses & Reviews
andlt;B andgt;A group of monumentally powerful teens must face an ancient, soul-eating foe in this second book of The Star Shards Chronicles.andlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;A cataclysmic explosion has given earthly teens astronomical powersand#8212;when the star Mentarsus-H went supernova at their conceptions, the teens absorbed the shattered soul of the star and inherited unimaginable abilities. Now the Star Shards have become like gods, drunk on their own powerand#8212;and ripe for manipulation by The Bringer, a creature who would turn them against one another and transform the planet into his own personal feeding ground. But who is more dangerous: The Bringer or the Star Shards?andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Acclaimed author Neal Shusterman presents and#8220;a story which is grippingly unexpectedand#8221; (andlt;I andgt;The Bookwatchandlt;/Iandgt;) that sets the stage for the riveting conclusion to The Star Shards trilogy.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;I andgt;Originally published by Tor Fantasy in 1999. andlt;/Iandgt;
Synopsis
A group of monumentally powerful teens must face an ancient, soul-eating foe in this second book of The Star Shards Chronicles.A cataclysmic explosion has given earthly teens astronomical powers—when the star Mentarsus-H went supernova at their conceptions, the teens absorbed the shattered soul of the star and inherited unimaginable abilities. Now the Star Shards have become like gods, drunk on their own power—and ripe for manipulation by The Bringer, a creature who would turn them against one another and transform the planet into his own personal feeding ground. But who is more dangerous: The Bringer or the Star Shards?
Acclaimed author Neal Shusterman presents “a story which is grippingly unexpected” (The Bookwatch) that sets the stage for the riveting conclusion to The Star Shards trilogy.
Originally published by Tor Fantasy in 1999.
About the Author
Neal Shusterman, New York Times bestselling author, has written more than thirty award-winning books for children, teens, and adults, including Full Tilt, The Skinjacker Trilogy (Everlost, Everwild, and Everfound), Unwind, UnWholly, Bruiser, and The Schwa Was Here, which won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for fiction. Several of his books are now in development as feature films. Neal lives in Southern California when he’s not travelling the globe, and can be found online at Storyman.com.