The Red Labyrinth

by Meredith Tate

Overview

The massive labyrinth was built to protect Zadie Kalvers' isolated desert town. Unfortunately, living in the maze's shadow makes her feel anything but safe. Even without its enchanted deathtraps and illusions, a notorious killer named Dex lurks in its corridors, terrorizing anyone in his path.

But when Zadie's best friend vanishes into the labyrinth-and everyone mysteriously forgets he exists- completing the maze becomes her only hope of saving him. In desperation, Zadie bribes the only person who knows the safe path through-Dex-into forming a tenuous alliance.

Navigating a deadly garden, a lethal blood-filled hourglass, and other traps-with an untrustworthy murderer for her guide-Zadie's one wrong step from certain death. But with time running out before her friend (and secret crush) is lost forever, Zadie must reach the exit and find him. If Dex and the labyrinth don't kill her first.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781635830354
Publisher:	North Star Editions
Publication date:	06/04/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	270
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Meredith Tate grew up in Concord, New Hampshire, where she fell in love with the many worlds of science fiction and fantasy. Pursuing her love of travel, Meredith spent a semester in London and then backpacked in Europe for a month before earning her master's degree in social work from the University of New Hampshire. After graduation, Meredith worked in the field in Boston for a few years before deciding to pursue her dream of telling stories. Meredith and her husband spent three wonderful years in St. Louis, Missouri. They recently moved to Zurich, Switzerland as expats. Meredith spends her days eating cheese and chocolate by the lake, and writing about characters way braver than she is.

Editorial Reviews

"Strong world building, realistically flawed characters, vivid imagery, great action sequences, and a twist of a climax that will leave readers wanting more." —School Library Connection

"Darker shades of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." —Kirkus Reviews

"Tate is a solid storyteller." —Booklist

"Tate’s labyrinth is a clever, enchanted obstacle course full of surprises that will keep readers on their toes until the very last page." —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

From the Publisher

2019-03-07
An outcast must save the boy she loves from a dangerous labyrinth.

In a future world ravaged by drought and plague, the desert city of Trinnea is protected from the wastelands (and its inhabitants) by a wall and a treacherous labyrinth. Its most valued citizens have skills such as telekinesis, levitation, and invisibility. Seventeen-year-old Zadie Kalvers' dark hair and tan skin set her apart from her blonde, pale half sister, Chantry, as does her status as a Blank. Unlike Chantry, Zadie grew up in indentured servitude, and her lack of skills and the brands on her palms label her as an outcast. When Zadie's best friend (and love interest), the uber-skilled, blond-haired "Limitless" Landon Everhart, disappears after a tussle with labyrinth dweller Dex, aka the Devil of Trinnea, the town is taken over by vicious outsiders and falls under a strange spell—and it's as if Landon never existed. To save him, Zadie asks Dex to guide her through the maze to ask Trinnea's immortal Great Leader for help. Even before Zadie's pitfall-studded journey, readers will likely predict that the olive-skinned Dex isn't quite a devil and that Zadie's world will inevitably be turned upside down. Darker shades of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland creep in, but few clues are offered about the world beyond Trinnea until the heavily revelatory finale. Overall, this type of thing has been done better. A cliffhanger ending leaves room for a sequel.

Predictable. (Dystopian. 14-adult)

Kirkus Reviews