Ward

ACTION-PACKED MODERN DARK URBAN FANTASY WITH A KICK-ARSE FEMALE CHARACTER. Stacey's boyfriend and girlfriend are missing. Taken from their Melbourne flat by the Umbra … dark shape-shifting creatures from another world who are supposed to be nothing but vermin, at least according to the strange man she finds in their home in her lovers' place. Barely escaping death with the help of that mysterious man, who looks like a beach bum and calls himself a Ward, Stacey vows to find her missing lovers. Despite the impossible odds of finding Paul and Jasper alive, Stacey joins the secretive Wards in their battle against the Umbra. But the Umbra are changing, and a dark figure is leading both their evolution, and their war against Earth and the other four realms of the Wards. To have any hope of finding her lovers and surviving, Stacey Trampler will need to fight the Umbra tooth and nail.

Jordana Frankel's thrilling and imaginative YA dystopian novel The Ward is set in a near-future New York City. A catastrophic flood has washed out Manhattan, leaving the rivers polluted, and entire neighborhoods underwater. Some areas are quarantined because of an outbreak of a deadly disease. The illness, known as the Blight, is killing sixteen-year-old Ren's sister. Desperate to save her sister's life, Ren agrees to lead a secret mission from the government to search for a cure. But her quest leads to a confounding mystery beneath the water and an unlikely friendship with a passionate scientist. Readers who love speculative fiction and crave action-packed stories similar to Veronica Roth's Divergent will find The Ward absolutely unputdownable.

Readers who love speculative fiction and crave action-packed stories similar to Veronica Roth's Divergent series will find The Isle absolutely unputdownable. Jordana Frankel's thrilling and imaginative novel The Isle takes up where The Ward left off, with drought season coming to a futuristic flooded New York City and its inhabitants suffering from a deadly disease called the Blight. With the help of a scientist and a racing buddy, drag racer Ren has found a cure for the disease, and her sister, Aven, is on the mend. But Aven's unexpected recovery has caught the eye of the evil Governor Voss. And when it comes to light that the cure, miraculous healing water, is the only freshwater source in the area, Governor Voss isn't the only one after the sisters and their invaluable knowledge. Can they save themselves and their city?