Shadowlark

by Meagan Spooner

Overview

“They only come at night, when the Star fades”

Lark Ainsley escapes the Iron Wood to search for her brother, only to find herself captured and imprisoned in an underground metropolis.

Powerful magic protects the city of Lethe, providing sanctuary from the Empty Ones, monsters who hunger for human flesh.

But this magic comes at a terrible price, and the city lives in fear of their leader Prometheus and his gang of Eagles.

Danger lies in the shadows, and Lark must find the light . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467733779
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/01/2013
Series:	Skylark Trilogy Series , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
Lexile:	840L (what's this?)
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	12 - 13 Years

About the Author

Meagan Spooner was born in Washington, D.C., where she grew up reading and writing every spare moment of the day. She has travelled all over the world to places like Egypt, Greece, Antarctica, the Galapagos, Chile, the Arctic Circle and Australia, and graduated with a degree in playwriting from Hamilton College in New York. When she’s not writing about the end of the world, she’s writing about its beginning, indulging a lifelong obsession with mythology and fairy tales.

Editorial Reviews

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"In this second book of The Skylark Trilogy, sixteen-year-old Lark's quest to find her missing brother takes her to the city of Lethe, a safe haven against Shadowmen attacks. Lark discovers, however, that once again humans with innate magic, known as Renewables, are being harvested, drained of their magic and their lives to fuel the machines protecting the city. Upon joining the resistance, Lark finds a journal written by her brother, proof that Basil reached Lethe and designed the machinery used to protect it. Since the journal also contained sketches of her, Lark is hailed as a hero by the resistance and agrees to lead an attack on the city's leader, Prometheus, the man she blames for her brother's death. Unfortunately, her unnatural talent as a magic well who can drain the magic from others is revealed during a Shadowmen attack. In spite of the mistrust Lark now faces, she still battles Prometheus and discovers the truth about the city and what happened to her brother. In the end, Lark and her companions, the feral Oren and mechanical guardian Nic, have a new quest—to return to her city for a long overdue confrontation with its administration.

This intriguing dystopian adventure's depiction of the stand this strong female protagonist takes against the horrors of her world is fast-paced, compelling, and un-put-downable. Fans of the first novel will be delighted; those new to the trilogy will be as well, assisted by enough backstory to follow the action, and both groups will eagerly await the concluding volume." —VOYA

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