2016-07-02
Continuing Illuminae’s (2015) story, Kaufman and Kristoff explore what went down on Jump Station Heimdall while the spaceship Hypatia was trying to get there.This time around, the found-footage–style collage narration (instant messages, radio conversations, video transcripts, diary pages, and the like) is framed as evidence at a tribunal investigating the activities of BeiTech Industries. The station commander’s white teenage daughter, Hanna, and her white drug dealer, Nik, avoid death and capture when a multiracial commando team of BeiTech “auditors” board Heimdall to take over its wormhole (which badly needs maintenance) for a BeiTech drone assault fleet sent to eliminate Kerenza’s witnesses. With lots of sneaking, combat, quick thinking, and the crucial help of Nik’s younger cousin Ella (a quippy, brilliant hacker disabled by a space plague she barely survived), they throw everything they have against their better-armed and -trained assailants. But the drug operation relies on mind-eating, multiheaded, predatory parasites with psychoactive venom, and with the cartel out of action, the carefully tended newborns get loose on the station, and are they ever hungry! Tension snowballs with each new small complication, resulting in a read harder to put down with each page. Despite superficial similarities (protagonists and formatting—not all final art seen) to Illuminae, forward plot motion and surprises right up to the cliffhanger ending keep this its own book. An action-packed thrill ride and stellar head trip. (Science fiction. 13 & up)
Brace yourself for GEMINA-the highly anticipated sequel to the book critics called “out-of-this-world awesome,”-featuring journal illustrations by bestselling author Marie Lu!
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Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna's social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed.
**** The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout bestseller Illuminae continues on board the Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault.
** * Hanna is the station captain's pampered daughter; Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. But while the pair are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy's most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion.
**** When an elite BeiTech strike team invades the station, Hanna and Nik are thrown together to defend their home. But alien predators are picking off the station residents one by one, and a malfunction in the station's wormhole means the space-time continuum might be ripped in two before dinner. Soon Hanna and Nik aren't just fighting for their own survival; the fate of everyone on the Hypatia-and possibly the known universe-is in their hands.
**** But relax. They've totally got this. They hope.
**** Once again told through a compelling dossier of emails, IMs, classified files, transcripts, and schematics, Gemina raises the stakes of the Illuminae Files, hurling listeners into an enthralling new story that will leave them breathless.
Read by*Carla Corvo, MacLeod Andrews,*Steve West, Erik Davies,*Lisa Cordileone, and a full cast
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Praise for Illuminae:
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A New York Times Bestseller
A PW Bestseller
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“Out-of-this-world awesome.” -Kirkus Reviews, Starred
*
“Stylistically mesmerizing.” -Publishers Weekly, Starred
*
“An arresting visual experience.” -Booklist, Starred
*
“A game-changer.” -Shelf Awareness, Starred
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Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna's social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed.
**** The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout bestseller Illuminae continues on board the Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault.
** * Hanna is the station captain's pampered daughter; Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. But while the pair are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy's most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion.
**** When an elite BeiTech strike team invades the station, Hanna and Nik are thrown together to defend their home. But alien predators are picking off the station residents one by one, and a malfunction in the station's wormhole means the space-time continuum might be ripped in two before dinner. Soon Hanna and Nik aren't just fighting for their own survival; the fate of everyone on the Hypatia-and possibly the known universe-is in their hands.
**** But relax. They've totally got this. They hope.
**** Once again told through a compelling dossier of emails, IMs, classified files, transcripts, and schematics, Gemina raises the stakes of the Illuminae Files, hurling listeners into an enthralling new story that will leave them breathless.
Read by*Carla Corvo, MacLeod Andrews,*Steve West, Erik Davies,*Lisa Cordileone, and a full cast
*
Praise for Illuminae:
*
A New York Times Bestseller
A PW Bestseller
*
“Out-of-this-world awesome.” -Kirkus Reviews, Starred
*
“Stylistically mesmerizing.” -Publishers Weekly, Starred
*
“An arresting visual experience.” -Booklist, Starred
*
“A game-changer.” -Shelf Awareness, Starred
Gemina (The Illuminae Files Series #2)
Brace yourself for GEMINA-the highly anticipated sequel to the book critics called “out-of-this-world awesome,”-featuring journal illustrations by bestselling author Marie Lu!
*
Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna's social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed.
**** The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout bestseller Illuminae continues on board the Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault.
** * Hanna is the station captain's pampered daughter; Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. But while the pair are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy's most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion.
**** When an elite BeiTech strike team invades the station, Hanna and Nik are thrown together to defend their home. But alien predators are picking off the station residents one by one, and a malfunction in the station's wormhole means the space-time continuum might be ripped in two before dinner. Soon Hanna and Nik aren't just fighting for their own survival; the fate of everyone on the Hypatia-and possibly the known universe-is in their hands.
**** But relax. They've totally got this. They hope.
**** Once again told through a compelling dossier of emails, IMs, classified files, transcripts, and schematics, Gemina raises the stakes of the Illuminae Files, hurling listeners into an enthralling new story that will leave them breathless.
Read by*Carla Corvo, MacLeod Andrews,*Steve West, Erik Davies,*Lisa Cordileone, and a full cast
*
Praise for Illuminae:
*
A New York Times Bestseller
A PW Bestseller
*
“Out-of-this-world awesome.” -Kirkus Reviews, Starred
*
“Stylistically mesmerizing.” -Publishers Weekly, Starred
*
“An arresting visual experience.” -Booklist, Starred
*
“A game-changer.” -Shelf Awareness, Starred
*
Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna's social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed.
**** The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout bestseller Illuminae continues on board the Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault.
** * Hanna is the station captain's pampered daughter; Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. But while the pair are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy's most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion.
**** When an elite BeiTech strike team invades the station, Hanna and Nik are thrown together to defend their home. But alien predators are picking off the station residents one by one, and a malfunction in the station's wormhole means the space-time continuum might be ripped in two before dinner. Soon Hanna and Nik aren't just fighting for their own survival; the fate of everyone on the Hypatia-and possibly the known universe-is in their hands.
**** But relax. They've totally got this. They hope.
**** Once again told through a compelling dossier of emails, IMs, classified files, transcripts, and schematics, Gemina raises the stakes of the Illuminae Files, hurling listeners into an enthralling new story that will leave them breathless.
Read by*Carla Corvo, MacLeod Andrews,*Steve West, Erik Davies,*Lisa Cordileone, and a full cast
*
Praise for Illuminae:
*
A New York Times Bestseller
A PW Bestseller
*
“Out-of-this-world awesome.” -Kirkus Reviews, Starred
*
“Stylistically mesmerizing.” -Publishers Weekly, Starred
*
“An arresting visual experience.” -Booklist, Starred
*
“A game-changer.” -Shelf Awareness, Starred
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940169324815 |
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| Publisher: | Penguin Random House |
| Publication date: | 10/18/2016 |
| Series: | Illuminae Files Series , #2 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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