An international bestseller published in over thirty countries, this riveting sci-fi dystopic thriller is âa bona fide page-turner.â --MTV.com
Callie lost her parents when the Spore Wars wiped out everyone between the ages of twenty and sixty. She and her little brother, Tyler, go on the run, living as squatters with their friend Michael and fighting off renegades who would kill them for a cookie.
Callieâs only hope is Prime Destinations, a disturbing place in Beverly Hills run by a mysterious figure known as the Old Man. He hires teens to rent their bodies to Endersâseniors who want to be young again. Callie, desperate for the money that will keep her, Tyler, and Michael alive, agrees to be a donor. But the neurochip they place in Callieâs head malfunctions and she wakes up in the life of her renter.
Callie soon discovers that her renter intends to do more than partyâand that Prime Destinationsâ plans are more evil than she could ever have imagined. . . .
Includes Portrait of a Spore, a never-before-published short story that takes place in the world of STARTERS.
Praise for STARTERS:
âA smart, swift, inventive, altogether gripping story.â â#1 New York Times bestselling author DEAN KOONTZ
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âCompelling, pulse-pounding, exciting . . . Donât miss it!â âNew York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr
âReaders who have been waiting for a worthy successor to Suzanne Collinsâs The Hunger Games will find it here. Dystopian sci-fi at its best.â âLos Angeles Times
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âIntriguing, thought-provoking and addictive.â âBookReporter.com
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âReaders will stay hooked. . . . Constantly rising stakes keep this debut intense.â âKirkus Reviews
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âFast-paced dystopian fiction. . . . The inevitable sequel canât appear soon enough.â âBooklist
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"Intriguing, fast-paced . . . Fans of dystopian novels will be completely engaged and clamoring for the sequel."Â âSchool Library Journal
âAddictive and alluring.â âExaminer.com
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âChilling and riveting.â âShelf-Awareness.com
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âA must-read for fans of The Hunger Games and Legend. Fast-paced, romantic, and thought-provoking.â âJustine
An international bestseller published in over thirty countries, this riveting sci-fi dystopic thriller is âa bona fide page-turner.â --MTV.com
Callie lost her parents when the Spore Wars wiped out everyone between the ages of twenty and sixty. She and her little brother, Tyler, go on the run, li...