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The Fever King

The Fever King 1

Feverwake

by Victoria Lee
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/03/2019
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In the former United States, sixteen-year-old Noam Alvaro wakes up in a hospital bed, the sole survivor of the viral magic that killed his family and made him a technopath.

His ability to control technology attracts the attention of the minister of defense and thrusts him into the magical elite of the nation of Carolinia. The son of undocumented immigrants, Noam has spent his life fighting for the rights of refugees fleeing magical outbreaks-refugees Carolinia routinely deports with vicious efficiency.

Sensing a way to make change, Noam accepts the minister's offer to teach him the science behind his magic, secretly planning to use it against the government. But then he meets the minister's son-cruel, dangerous, and achingly beautiful — and the way forward becomes less clear.

Caught between his purpose and his heart, Noam must decide who he can trust and how far he's willing to go in pursuit of the greater good.

Age range 13 to 18

ISBN:
9781542040402
9781542040402
Category:
Science fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-03-2019
Publisher:
Amazon Publishing
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
384

'A plague as scary as Stephen King, and a romance as complicated and compelling as all my favourites.' — Sarah Rees Brennan, award-winning author of In Other Lands

'[A] standout. Diverse characters, frank discussions about sexual and mental abuse, and reasonably plausible science-based magic elevate this above many dystopian peers.' — Kirkus Reviews

'This fast-paced, issue-driven thriller will collect readers, who will eagerly anticipate the sequel. With references to the Holocaust as well as present-day issues of immigration, deportation, martial law, and racism, Lee has worked philosophical and current-day realities into a promising series opener.' — Booklist

Victoria Lee

Victoria Lee grew up in Durham, North Carolina, where she spent twelve ascetic years as a vegetarian before discovering that spicy chicken wings are, in fact, a delicacy.

She's been a state finalist competitive pianist, a hitchhiker, a pizza connoisseur, an EMT, an expat in China and Sweden, and a science doctoral student.

She's also a bit of a snob about fancy whiskey. Lee writes early in the morning and then spends the rest of the day trying to impress her border collie puppy and make her experiments work. She currently lives in Pennsylvania with her partner.

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The Fever King follows Noam Álvaro, in the aftermath of a viral magic outbreak that left him the only survivor. When he wakes up he is a witchling, a part of Carolinia’s magical elite and is brushing shoulders with people that he and his family have spent their whole lives fighting against.

The Fever King is a must-read and a powerful debut from Victoria Lee. The characters are complex, nuanced and wholly human. It makes you think about just how far you would go to do what you think is right and the consequences of such actions. The way these people have been shaped by their experiences, the trauma they’ve suffered and how they’ve pulled themselves through the other side. Though there are characters that have committed terrible crimes, Victoria excels at writing them in ways that it’s hard to categorise anyone as wholly evil or wholly good, they just are.

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