Fledgling: The Keeper's Records of Revolution

Praise for Fledgling by S.K. Ali nAli's science-fiction debut reads like she's known this genre all her life. A sweeping epic of love and revolution, set in a visceral future vision of Earth and starring a cast you can't help but fall for. A breathtaking ride. n--Marie Lu, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Stars And Smoke n nThe first book in a gripping duology from acclaimed author S.K. Ali introduces a fractured world on the brink of either enlightenment or war. n nWould you trade love for peace? n nRaisa of Upper Earth has only lived a life of privilege and acquiescence. Ever dutiful, she accepts her father's arrangement of her marriage to Lein, Crown Prince of the corrupt, volatile lands of Lower Earth. n nThough Lein is a stranger, Raisa knows the wedding will unite their vastly different worlds in a pact of peace: an infusion of Upper Earth technology will usher in the final age of enlightenment, ending war between humans forever. n nOr is justice more urgent? n nNewly released from imprisonment, Nada of Lower Earth has found her own calling: disrupting the royal wedding. n nConvinced her cousin Lein's alliance with Upper Earth will launch an invasive, terrifying form of tyranny, Nada sets out undercover to light the spark of revolution. n nWhen Raisa goes missing a week before the wedding, all eyes turn to the rebels, including Nayf, Nada's twin brother, a fugitive on the run. n nIn Nayf and Raisa meeting, the long-simmering animosity between their worlds slowly burns away into something unexpected. n nBut the Crown Prince wants his bride -- and future -- back. And he will go to the ends of the earths to reclaim them.n