Voices of various morning news show talking heads sound from the living room TV smart wall. “But no, I think I am managing just fine with the arson.” “Thanks,” she says, without turning around. Normally I love cheesy garlic eggs, but not today. “Need some help burning the house down, Mom?” I say, in-between tasteless bites. The air is thick with garlic and scalded toast and things unspoken. I watch Mom’s fragile stooped back, the collar of the flannel pajama top, and the yellow cotton scarf covering her head, bald from the most recent round of chemo. Mom has her back turned and she is leaning over the stove making another skillet, which apparently is burning.

I am at the messy kitchen counter chewing the breakfast scrambled eggs while the smart wall TV is blaring in the living room.

Today the Qualification tests begin-at all designated schools, and public sites in remote places where they don’t have schools, all across the country and around the world-and everyone in my family is trying to pretend things are as usual. All characters, names, locations, and events portrayed in this book are fictional or used in an imaginary manner to entertain, and any resemblance to any real people, situations, or incidents is purely coincidental.Ĭover Design Copyright © 2014 by James, We promise not to spam you or chit-chat, only make occasional book release announcements. Subscribe to the mailing list to be notified when the next books by Vera Nazarian are available. This time she is in over her head, and in for a fight of her life, against impossible odds and world-class competition-including Logan Sangre, the hottest guy in her school.īecause every other teen on Earth has the same idea.ĭon’t miss another book by Vera Nazarian! While she’s a hotshot in schoolwork, the closest she’s come to sports is a backyard pool and a skateboard.

If you are good enough to Qualify, you are eligible to compete in the brutal games of the Atlantis Grail, which grants all winners the luxuries and privileges of Atlantis Citizenship. Sixteen-year-old Gwenevere Lark is determined not only to Qualify but to rescue her entire family.īecause there’s a loophole. They can only take a tiny percent of the Earth’s population back to the colony planet Atlantis-bright, talented, and athletic teens who must Qualify. An extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, and the descendants of ancient Atlantis have returned from the stars to offer humanity help.īut there’s a catch.

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