Half Lives

I learned that surviving isn't all it's cracked up to be. If you survive, you've got to live with the guilt, and that's more difficult than looking someone in the eye and pulling the trigger. Trust me. I've done both. Killing takes a twitch of the finger. Absolution takes several lifetimes . Seventeen-year-old Icie's parents have given her $10,000 in cash, a map of a top-secret bunker, and instructions to get there by any means necessary. They have news of an imminent viral attack and know that the bunker is Icie's only hope for survival. Along with three other teens, she lives locked away for months, not knowing what's happening in the outside world or who has survived. And are they safe in the bunker after all? Generations in the future, a mysterious cult worships the very mountain where Icie's secret bunker was built. They never leave the mountain, they're ruled by a teenager...and they have surprising ties to Icie. This high-stakes, original, and thought-provoking adventure from Sara Grant follows two unlikely heroes, hundreds of years apart, as they fight to survive. The Present: Icie Is A Typical High School Teenager - Until Disaster Strikes And Her Parents Send Her To Find Shelter Inside A Mountain Near Las Vegas. The Future: Beckett Lives On The Mountain - A Sacred Place Devoted To The Great I Am. He Must Soon Become The Leader Of His People. But When Beckett Is Forced To Break One Of The Sacred Laws And The Great I Am Does Not Strike Him Down, Beckett Finds Himself Starting To Question His Beliefs. As Beckett Investigates The Mountain's History, Icie's Story Is Revealed - Along With The Terrifying Truth Of What Lies At The Heart Of The Mountain. A Compelling And Thought-provoking Novel That Explores The Eternally Popular Ya Themes Of Identity, Love And Friendship. Icie is a typical high school teenager - until disaster strikes and her parents send her to find shelter inside a mountain near Las Vegas. Hundres of years later, Beckett lives on The Mountain - a sacred place devoted to the Great I AM. He must soon become the leader of his people but Beckett and his beliefs are under attack. Icie and Beckett must fight to survive - separated by time; connected by a dangerous secret both must protect De ouders van Isis hebben ontdekt dat terroristen een biologisch virus willen gaan verspreiden. Ze sturen hun dochter naar een bunker in de buurt van Las Vegas, waar ze veilig zal zijn. Maar is dat wel zo? Vanaf ca. 15 jaar