"He is a Legend.
She is a Prodigy.
Who will be
champion?"
SPOILER ALERT! If you
haven't read the first two books in the series, Legend and Prodigy,
Stop! I don't want to ruin one of my favorite series for you.
It has been eight long months since
the last time Day and June saw or spoke to one another. Under the pretense of
seeking treatment for his brother Eden, Day has moved to San Francisco to seek
treatment. Dying and away from the girl he loves, Day is shocked when he gets a
request from the Primo Elector to come to an Independence Day banquet in
Denver. He initially turns down the request but then June makes a personal call
to him. Suddenly, his emotions are on a roller coaster ride. Trying to keep the
hurt out of one another's voices, June tells him that the tentative peace
treaty between the Republic and the Colonies has collapsed. The Colonies
believe that the Republic used biological weapons on them and caused the
illness that now plagues them. Day is needed to attend an emergency meeting to
help figure out what to do next.
Anden, the young Elector, has come
to June over the brewing crisis with the Colonies. He was too late to stop his
father's use of biological weapons on the war front. The Colonies are demanding
a cure or Africa and their military will join the war against them. June
quickly realizes that there is no cure and that Anden's only hope is to use
Eden to help find one. June knows that Anden is using her as Day's weakness to
get him to agree to help just as he is using their friendship. Wanting to
protect the people of the Republic, June reluctantly agrees. This was not how
she wanted her reunion with Day to go.
Day and June are both nervous and
cautious when they are finally reunited. When Alden explains the situation with
the Colonies and his plan to use Eden to find a cure, Day leaves the table and
June follows. She notices now pale he is and that he has lost weight. He tells
her that he has had the flu but she knows that he is lying. June doesn't push
him. He asks her what she would do in his situation because he only came
because she asked him to. She tells him that the Republic will fall if attacked
by the African superpower. Day looks at her and says that he will not allow his
brother to be used again but he will help Anden and the republic in any way
that he can.
Can a cure be found to the plague?
Will it be in time to stop the impending war with the Colonies? Is Eden the key
to the cure? Does June's friendship with Anden turn into something more? Will
she become Anden right hand as the Princeps? Will a cure be found for Day? Does
June discover the truth? Can Day and June find their way back to one another or
will the needs of the Republic keep them apart?
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