Reid, Ava,

Fable for the end of the world / Ava Reid. - First edition. - 371 pages ; 22 cm

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 half-sunken town where they scrape by running a taxidermy shop. Unbeknownst to Inesa, their cruel and indolent mother has accrued an enormous debt, enough to qualify one of her children for Caerus's livestreamed assassination spectacle : the Lamb's Gauntlet. Melinoe 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 despairs, the Gauntlet is always a bloodbath for the impoverished debtors. But she's 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 Melinoe, this is a game she can't afford to lose. Despite her reputation for mercilessness, she is haunted by painful flashbacks. After her last Gauntlet, where she broke down on livestream, she desperately needs redemption. As Mel pursues Inesa across the wasteland, both girls begin to question everything : Inesa wonders if there's more to life than survival, while Mel wonders if she's capable of more than killing. And both wonder if, against all odds, they might be falling in love.

ISBN: 9780063211551 0063211556

LCCN: 2024940889

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Dystopias
Social classes
Debt
Siblings
Reality television programs
Assassination
Survival
Mutation (Biology)
Sexual minorities
Dystopias
Social classes
Debt
Siblings
Reality television programs
Assassination
Survival
Mutation (Biology)
LGBTQ+ people
Romance stories.
Science fiction.
Habiletés de survie
Mutation (Biologie)
Dystopies
Classes sociales
Dettes
Frères et sœurs
Assassinat
Habiletés de survie
Mutation (Biologie)
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories.
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic.
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Dystopian.
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / LGBTQ+.
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+.
LGBTQ+ people.

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]