Avalon: 1 - Hardcover

Arnett, Mindee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062235591 ISBN 13: 9780062235596

Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen, 2014

Synopsis

"Seventeen-year-old Jeth Seagrave, the leader of a ragtag team of teenage mercenaries, skirts the line between honor and the law in an attempt to win freedom for his sister and himself in the form of their parents' old spaceship, Avalon."--

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Review:

"Avalon will pull you into the darkest reaches of space-and you'll be glad to be there. A heart-pounding, tense joyride of a novel."--Kiersten White, author of the New York Times-bestselling Paranormalcy series

"Arnett's fast-paced space western combines S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders (1967) with television's Firefly in what appears to be the beginning of a promising series. Sci-fi fans will gulp it down in one sitting and ask for more."--ALA Booklist

"Secrets, betrayal, family, team work, and love are all at the heart of Arnett's book. It is a plot-filled story with twists and turns that will keep readers guessing about what will come next."--Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

"This is an exciting piece of science fiction that keeps up its energy from beginning to end ... it is sure to be one of the most popular releases in the genre this year."--School Library Journal (starred review)

From the Back Cover:

Of the various star systems that make up the Confederation, most lie thousands of light-years from First Earth--and out here, no one is free. The agencies that govern the Confederation are as corrupt as the crime bosses who patrol it, and power is held by anyone with enough greed and ruthlessness to claim it. That power is derived from one thing: metatech, the devices that allow people to travel great distances faster than the speed of light.

Jeth Seagrave and his crew of teenage mercenaries have survived in this world by stealing unsecured metatech, and they're damn good at it. Jeth doesn't care about the politics or the law; all he cares about is earning enough money to buy back his parents' ship, Avalon, from his crime-boss employer and getting himself and his sister, Lizzie, the heck out of Dodge. But when Jeth finds himself in possession of information that both the crime bosses and the government are willing to kill for, he is going to have to ask himself how far he'll go to get the freedom he's wanted for so long.

About this edition

• Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0062235591
• ISBN 13: 9780062235596
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432