FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LADY MACBETH AND A STUDY IN DROWNINGTheres one thing about Ava Reid she doesnt miss. Sasha Peyton SmithYoull start saving space on your shelf for Ava Reid. Kendare BlakeThe Last of Us meets The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes in this standalone dystopian romance about survival, sacrifice, and love that risks everything.By encouraging massive accumulations of debt from its underclass, a single corporation, Caerus, controls all aspects of society.Inesa lives with her brother in a halfsunken town where they scrape by running a taxidermy shop. Unbeknownst to Inesa, their cruel and indolent mother has accrued an enormous debtenough to qualify one of her children for Caeruss livestreamed assassination spectacle the Lambs Gauntlet.Melino is a Caerus assassin, trained to track and kill the sacrificial Lambs. The product of neural reconditioning and physiological alteration, she is a living weapon, known for her cold brutality and deadly beauty. She has never failed to assassinate one of her marks.When Inesa learns that her mother has offered her as a sacrifice, at first she despairsthe Gauntlet is always a bloodbath for the impoverished debtors. But shes had years of practice surviving in the apocalyptic wastes, and with the help of her hunter brother, she might stand a chance of staying alive.For Melino, this is a game she cant afford to lose. Despite her reputation for mercilessness, she is haunted by painful flashbacks. After her last...

Binding: Hardback;384 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: FA; Weight: 714 g; Dimensions: 163 x 243 x 37

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