Questa serie catapulta i lettori nelle vastità dello spazio, dove giovani protagonisti affrontano sfide inimmaginabili. Quando la loro casa viene distrutta dal tradimento, devono lottare coraggiosamente per la sopravvivenza e il futuro dell'umanità. Le narrazioni esplorano il potere dell'amore e dell'amicizia sullo sfondo della distruzione, con ogni decisione che porta profonde conseguenze. È un'avventura emozionante ambientata nel lontano futuro, dove il destino della civiltà poggia sulle spalle di pochi eletti.
The "New Horizon" is on a quest to find a new planet for humanity after Earth's destruction. Years pass with no children born, leading to a shortage of women of childbearing age. Fifteen-year-old Waverly, born on the sister ship "Empyrean," holds the key to the mission's success, unaware of an imminent attack from supposed allies.
If a violent battle destroyed the only world you've ever known, would you be brave enough to save who was left? Would love be strong enough to survive the fight? Either way, there's no turning back... The Empyrean is the only home 15-year-old Waverly has ever known. As members of the first generation to be successfully conceived in deep space, she and her boyfriend Kieran will be pioneers of New Earth. Waverly knows she must marry young in order to have children who can carry on the mission, and Kieran, the handsome captain-to-be, has everything Waverly could want in a husband. But there's a part of Waverly that wants more from life than marriage... and she is secretly intrigued by the shy, darkly brilliant Seth. Suddenly, Waverly's dreams are interrupted by the inconceivable – a violent betrayal by the Empyrean's sister ship, the New Horizon. In one pivotal moment, Waverly and Kieran are separated, and find themselves at the helm of dangerous missions, where every move has potentially devastating consequences, and decisions of the heart may lead to disaster. Pulse-pounding and addictive, Glow is the first novel in Amy Kathleen Ryan's riveting Sky Chasers series.
Planeta Země má nejlepší léta za sebou a vesmírem plují dva vícegenerační koráby s cílem osídlit Novou Zem. Ačkoli loď Nový obzor vyrazila na svou misi o rok dříve než Empyreum, obě se setkají ještě na cestě. A nepůjde o střet přátelský – osazenstvo Nového obzoru pod vedením despotické kapitánky Anne napadne posádku Empyrea a unese dívčí část posádky, mezi nimi i šestnáctiletou Wawerly. Příčina se brzy ozřejmí – ženy na Novém obzoru jsou neplodné… První část originální sci-fi trilogie o pouti za nadějí pro lidstvo nepostrádá napětí, milostný příběh, ale také zamyšlení nad tím, jak mohou ideologie ovládnout společnost jako celek i každého z nás.
Po zoufalém úniku z nepřátelské lodi se Waverly dostala zpět na domovské Empyreum... jenže domov už není takový, jaký býval. Musela na Novém obzoru nechat zajaté rodiče a z Kierana, kterého milovala, se mezitím stal přísný velitel, jenž obrátil celou posádku proti rebelu Sethovi. Je jasné, že se situace bude jen zhoršovat, dokud se jim nepodaří osvobodit rodiče – jenže jak? Než stihnou vymyslet plán, otřese Empyreem exploze a Seth s Waverly jsou označeni jako hlavní podezřelí. Dokážou najít skutečného pachatele, než je Kieran uvězní... nebo i hůř? Bude Waverly následovat své srdce, i když tím může ohrozit životy druhých? Každý krok je může přiblížit novému začátku – nebo náhlému konci. Předběžná doba vydání: červen 2013.
Waverly, Kieran and Seth are in a race against time – and with the future of humanity hanging in the balance, there's no room for mistakes... After a desperate escape from the enemy ship, Waverly has finally made it back to the Empyrean. The memory of home has been keeping her alive for the past months... but home is nothing like she left it. Forced to leave their captive parents behind on the New Horizon, she's returned only to find that Kieran has become a strict leader and turned the crew against Seth. What happened to the Kieran she thought she knew? Now Waverly's not sure whom she can trust. And the one person she wants to believe in is darkly brilliant Seth, the ship's supposed enemy. Waverly knows that the situation will only get worse until they can rescue their parents – but how? Before they have time to make a plan, an explosion rocks the Empyrean, and Seth and Waverly are targeted as the prime suspects. Can they find the true culprit before Kieran locks them away... or worse? Will Waverly follow her heart, even if it puts lives at risk? Now more than ever, every step could bring them closer to a new beginning – or a sudden end. Spark is book two in Amy Kathleen Ryan's thrilling young adult science fiction series Sky Chasers.
The explosive conclusion to the brilliant dystopian series - which began with Glow - as romance and drama combine deep in space.