The Secret Runners of New York
Matthew Reilly
Age 14 +
26 March 2019
9781471407956352 pages
Synopsis
Gossip Girl meets Mad Max in this breakneck thriller from an international bestselling author where the line between rich and poor is the line between life and death.
'The windows on all the skyscrapers are smashed . . . No power, no lights, no people . . .'
When Skye Rodgers and her twin brother Red move to Manhattan, rumours of a coming global apocalypse are building. But this doesn't stop the young elite from partying without a care.
Then Skye joins an exclusive gang known as the Secret Runners of New Yok.
But this is no ordinary clique. They have access to an underground portal that can transport them into the future. And what Skye discovers there is horrifying . . .
What would you do to survive?
'The windows on all the skyscrapers are smashed . . . No power, no lights, no people . . .'
When Skye Rodgers and her twin brother Red move to Manhattan, rumours of a coming global apocalypse are building. But this doesn't stop the young elite from partying without a care.
Then Skye joins an exclusive gang known as the Secret Runners of New Yok.
But this is no ordinary clique. They have access to an underground portal that can transport them into the future. And what Skye discovers there is horrifying . . .
What would you do to survive?
A fast-paced explosive dystopian adventure that will have teens hooked from the beginning. Its edgy, disturbing and darkly imaginative plot brims with characters to love and hate. Stranger Things meets Gossip Girl.Zoe James-Williams, South Wales Evening Post
Such a fun read ... [a] bloody exciting novelJayne Nelson, SFX Magazine
Bloodily exuberant thriller ... ingenious time-travel plotting references.Suzi Feay, Financial Times
