Lars Meyer
After Dawn - The Wandering City
“How are we going to free them? How are we even supposed to get into the city? And how can a whole city wander?”
A major earthquake in the Grounders’ underground realm allows Ember and Devan to escape to the surface. At last, Ember is getting closer to her goal: to free her family, who have been captured by alien soldiers – as labour for the Dawn Empire’s wandering city. The trail of the steel colossus is unmistakable, ravaging and uprooting, crushing everything in its path. The few entrances to the interior are heavily guarded. To get past them, Ember and Devan must risk everything, for there is no turning back for them.
But this is only the beginning, for the world inside the wandering colossus is beyond anything Ember could ever have imagined …
Südpol Verlag
Young Adult Fiction
Original title: After Dawn – Die wandernde Stadt
Age 12+
368 pp | € 20
hc | 148 x 205 mm
Publication: March 2023
Author: Lars Meyer
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- Look inside
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- Lars Meyer's narrative style is unadorned and gripping - the story develops a breathless pull
- Sales PoinFriend or foe? How quickly one can change sides when one's own survival is at staket
- The last volume in this trilogy will be published in August 2023
Awards
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“Full of suspense. The writing style is as fluid as ever, and Ember’s dystopian world is depicted in great detail. The protagonist is likable, and the description of her feelings and thoughts makes it easy to empathize with her.” – Christa Schulz, ekz Library Service
“Great dystopian elements and a strong protagonist make it easy for readers to lose themselves in this story.” – Sandra Ljamsin, Hörnchens Büchernest blog
“I could hardly put it down and read it in two days. And even after that, it stayed with me for a long time (…) I wish I could read it again for the first time! I highly recommend it!!!” – Ava @buecher.hat.man.nie.genug
“Brilliant sequel!” – Ally @MagicAllyPrincess BookDreams
Volumes 1 & 3 in this series