Ky is door de Unie afgevoerd naar een wisse dood in de Buitenprovincies. Cassia reist hem achterna en komt er al snel achter dat hij heeft kunnen ontsnappen en een spoor van aanwijzingen heeft achtergelaten. Cassia's zoektocht zet haar bestaan op losse schroeven - zeker als ze ziet dat er ook een leven búíten de Unie mogelijk is. Misleiding, ontrouw en bedrog plaveien het kronkelige pad waarover Cassia haar weg moet zien te vinden. Aan de grenzen van de Unie is niets wat het lijkt.
''Ik vind dat mensen moeten kunnen kiezen wie hun Match wordt'', zeg ik zwak. ''Hoe ver moet dat gaan, Cassia?'' Haar stem klinkt kalm en redelijk. ''Straks vind je nog dat mensen ook moeten kunnen kiezen hoeveel kinderen ze krijgen, of waar ze willen wonen. Of wanneer ze willen sterven''. In de Unie is alles zo geregeld dat de inwoners nauwelijks hoeven na te denken en een gelukkig leven kunnen leiden onder het toeziend oog van de Autoriteiten. Cassia heeft nooit vraagtekens geplaatst bij de keuzes die voor haar worden gemaakt: van de gedichten die ze mag lezen tot de man met wie ze zal trouwen. Maar dan gaat er iets mis... De perfecte Unie maakt een fout, met grote gevolgen voor het leven van Cassia. Opeens blijkt de Unie helemaal niet zo veilig en onschuldig te zijn - en de Autoriteiten zijn niet gediend van kritische onderdanen. Een zinderende verontrustende toekomstroman, Meeslepend, indringend en onvergetelijk, Matched laat je niet meer los.
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Cassia’s journey began with an error, a momentary glitch in the otherwise perfect façade of the Society. After crossing canyons to break free, she waits, silk and paper smuggled against her skin, ready for the final chapter. The wait is over. One young woman has raged against those who threaten to keep away what matters most—family, love, choice. Her quiet revolution is about to explode into full-scale rebellion. With exquisite prose, the emotionally gripping conclusion to the international–bestselling Matched trilogy returns Cassia, Ky, and Xander to the Society to save the one thing they have been denied for so long, the power to choose.
Set within a civilization that lives deep beneath the sea, twin sisters, Rio and Bay, are about to make the most important decision of their lives. Will they choose to stay Below, sacrificing their soul but living in happiness, or to go Above, keeping their soul but living in weakness and misery. No one could have predicted their choice.
Who do you become when you have nothing left to lose? There is something Poe Blythe, the seventeen-year-old captain of the Outpost's last mining ship, wants far more than the gold they tear from the Serpentine River. Revenge.Poe has vowed to annihilate the river raiders who robbed her of everything two years ago. But as she navigates the treacherous waters of the Serpentine and realizes there might be a traitor among her crew, she must also reckon with who she has become, who she wants to be, and the ways love can change and shape you. Even - and especially - when you think all is lost.
The hotly awaited second book in the dystopian Matched trilogy In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky - taken by the Society to his certain death - only to find that he has escaped, leaving a series of clues in his wake. Cassia's quest leads her to question much of what she holds dear, even as she finds glimmers of a different life across the border. But as Cassia nears resolve and certainty about her future with Ky, an invitation for rebellion, an unexpected betrayal, and a surprise visit from Xander - who may hold the key to the uprising and, still, to Cassia's heart - change the game once again. Nothing is as expected on the edge of Society, where crosses and double crosses make the path more twisted than ever.
Rio dreams of leaving the underwater city of Atlantia and living in the world Above. But all Rio's hopes for the future are shattered when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpected choice, leaving Rio stranded Below. Atlantia is crumbling. Guided by an unlikely mentor, Rio begins to ask treacherous questions about her destiny, her home and the corrupted system that governs the Divide between land and sea. Her life - and the fate of her city - depends on Rio listening to the voices of the past, and her willingness to speak the forgotten truth. Acclaim for Matched- 'Unmissable.' Marie Clarie'The hottest YA title to hit bookstores since The Hunger Games.'Entertainment Weekly
