Violet Lasting is no longer a human being. Tomorrow she becomes Lot 197, auctioned to the highest royal bidder in the Jewel of the Lone City. Tomorrow she becomes the Surrogate of the House of the Lake, her sole purpose to produce a healthy heir for the Duchess. Imprisoned in the opulent cage of the palace, Violet learns the brutal ways of the Jewel, where the royal women compete to secure their bloodline and the surrogates are treated as disposable commodities. Destined to carry the child of a woman she despises, Violet enters a living death of captivity - until she sets eyes on Ash Lockwood, the royal companion.
De Eenzame Stad Reeks
Duik in een duistere, dystopische wereld waar glinsterende rijkdom en koninklijke schoonheid een wreed systeem van dienstbaarheid en controle verbergen. Volg meeslepende personages die navigeren door verraderlijke hofpolitiek en vechten voor persoonlijke vrijheid binnen een schijnbaar utopische samenleving. Deze serie verkent thema's als verboden liefde, opoffering en de moed die nodig is om in opstand te komen tegen onderdrukkende structuren. Ontdek het verborgen geweld en de wanhopige strijd onder een oogverblindende façade.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
The White Rose
- 309bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
Violet Lasting is no longer Lot 197; she has escaped surrogacy and is on the run in the Lone City. In this sequel to The Jewel, Violet and her friends are fighting for survival. Nowhere is safe - and never will be - unless Violet can help Lucien destroy the royalty.Perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Matched, this is the second book in the Lone City trilogy, following on from Amy Ewing's shocking and compelling debut novel, The Jewel. Violet, Ash and Raven have escaped the palace of the Duchess of the Lake, but Regimentals are hunting for them across the city. Nowhere is safe, and they are dependent on Lucien and his secret society for survival. If they can reach the safety of the White Rose then Violet may be able to help Lucien in his plan to rescue more surrogates. For one surrogate, however, it is already too late. Violet's best friend, Raven, is pregnant. And in the Jewel, surrogates cannot survive giving birth.
Violet kehrt ins Juwel zurück die Entscheidung. Endlich bekommt Violet Gelegenheit, sich an ihrer Herrin zu rächen. Der Geheimbund Der Schwarze Schlüssel bereitet den Aufstand gegen den Adel vor. Violet soll die Rebellion anführen und die Mauern zwischen den Kreisen der Stadt zum Einsturz bringen. Doch ihre kleine Schwester Hazel sitzt im Kerker der grausamen Herzogin vom See. Nachdem Violet alles gegeben hat, um aus dem Juwel zu entkommen, muss sie jetzt ins Herz der Finsternis zurückkehren. Das fesselnde Finale der Bestseller-Trilogie Das Juwel.