Lars Meyer
After Dawn - The Hidden World
“Our life is not easy. But it’s the only one I know – now I’m afraid that even that might be taken away from us.”
The world is poisoned, in Dornwall the inhabitants have adapted to the inhospitable life. No one ventures out of the town without a protective suit, breathing filter and air tester. When the village is attacked by a steel colossus and enemy soldiers, 15-year-old Ember’s life changes overnight: the inhabitants of Dornwall are captured and Ember’s father, her siblings Mina and Ceren and her friend Ryan are also taken away – the Dawn Empire needs workers for the Wandering City. Together with five companions, Ember embarks on a dangerous journey with an uncertain outcome – she has only one goal in mind: to get her family back. But the price she has to pay is high …
“At school we were told that at some point there were several billion people using so many machines that the energy was no longer enough and all the fuel was eventually used up. That was the reason they started fighting. And then the world died. Billions of people. That sounds unimaginable to me. There aren’t even eight hundred living in Dornwall. And it’s one of the bigger cities.”
For fans of The Hunger Games, Vortex, Maze Runner, The Loop
Südpol Verlag
Young Adult Fiction
Original title: After Dawn. Die verborgene Welt
Age 12+
368 pp | € 20
hc | 148 x 205 mm
Publication: 2022
Author: Lars Meyer
All rights available
- Look inside
- Book trailer
- A page turner - straightforward and gripping narrative style
- Ember's search for her family and her fight for survival develop an enormous pull
- Mesmerizing setting: wandering cities, lost forests, dust storms and an underground world
Awards
- Awards

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
You may also like