An international bestsellerĀ published in over thirty countries, thisĀ riveting sci-fi dystopic thriller is āa bona fide page-turner.ā --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.
Callieās 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 Endersāseniors 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 Callieās head malfunctions and she wakes up in the life of her renter.
Callie soon discovers that her renter intends to do more than partyāand that Prime Destinationsā plans are more evil than she could ever have imagined. . . .
Includes Portrait ofĀ a Spore, a never-before-published short story that takes place in the world of STARTERS.
Praise for STARTERS:
āA smart, swift, inventive, altogether gripping story.ā ā#1 New York Times bestselling author DEAN KOONTZ
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āCompelling, pulse-pounding, exciting . . . Donāt miss it!ā āNew York TimesĀ bestselling author Melissa Marr
āReaders who have been waiting for a worthy successor to Suzanne CollinsāsĀ The Hunger GamesĀ will find it here. Dystopian sci-fi at its best.ā āLos Angeles Times
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āIntriguing, thought-provoking and addictive.ā āBookReporter.com
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āReaders will stay hooked. . . . Constantly rising stakes keep this debut intense.ā āKirkus Reviews
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āFast-paced dystopian fiction. . . . The inevitable sequel canāt appear soon enough.ā āBooklist
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"Intriguing, fast-paced . . . Fans of dystopian novels will be completely engaged and clamoring for the sequel."Ā āSchool Library Journal
āAddictive and alluring.ā āExaminer.com
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āChilling and riveting.ā āShelf-Awareness.com
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āA must-read for fans ofĀ The Hunger GamesĀ andĀ Legend.Ā Fast-paced, romantic, and thought-provoking.ā āJustine