Books of Eva

Discover a new dark age-and the one girl wielding the light of truth-in a tale "with threads from The Hunger Games, The Giver, and other dystopian novels" (Booklist).   For more than a hundred years, no maiden from Aerie has competed in the arduous Testing, but after Eva's twin brother dies, she is determined to fulfill his dream of participating in the all-male competition, and enters despite her parents' wishes.   With the help of Lukas, her family's servant from the Boundary lands, Eva learns the ways of the outcasts who live in the brutal and icy world beyond Aerie. She discovers the secrets of the blinding white landscape, the dogs who pull her sled, and the chasms that house the strange relics once worshipped by a godless humanity. This knowledge is exactly what she needs to survive-and win-the harsh trials of the Testing.   Leaving the safety of Aerie behind gives Eva a chance to realize how strong she can be in the face of adversity-and how brave she'll have to become in a society built on the shifting snows of lies . . .   "Heather Terrell excavates a richly realized and adventurous world from the iced-over wreck of our own." -William Alexander, National Book Award–winning author of Goblin Secrets   "Part post-apocalyptic fiction and part high fantasy . . . Delicately weaving in elements of Inuit culture as well as elements you might find in Game of Thrones, Heather Terrell creates a world that is as intricate as it is icy . . . A page-turner." -E. Kristen Anderson, editor of Dear Teen Me

In this exhilarating sequel, Eva is a beacon of hope and vengeance in a dark new world, from the author of Relic.   After becoming the first female Archon in Aerie's history, Eva finds herself in the halls of power and betrothed to Jasper, one of her competitors from the Testing. But she is further than ever from Lukas, the Boundary man who helped her train, and taught her the truth about the relics from the old world. In the eyes of his people, who are outcasts from Aerie, Eva is the chosen one . . .   Caught between two worlds and two men, Eva is sent on her first excavation as an Archon. Underneath the ice of the Frozen Shores lies the Genesis, the vessel of the Founders. And in its mysterious chambers, Eva will discover forbidden fictions cloaked as truth that could lead her to her twin brother's killer-and bring society crashing down around her . . .   "Evokes similarities to milestone end-of-the-world tales such as Sheri Tepper's mind-bending The Gate to Women's Country and S. M. Stirling's very satisfying series, The Change. They all immerse readers in an otherworldly environment where the usual social rules are upended in hard-to-survive ways." -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette   "Terrell has created a unique dystopian novel set in the future, but where the people of the New North live by almost medieval rules and standards. Eva, ever the rule-following young maiden, is struggling with learning the truth about the past and how it fits into her and her people's future." -Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)