Description: Holt, Mira, and Max have fled Midnight City with Zoey after watching her repel an entire army. Zoey's powers are unlocked, but who and what she is remains a mystery. All she knows is she must reach the Severed Tower, an infamous spot in the middle of the world's most dangerous landscape. But the closer they get to the tower, the more precarious things become. The Assembly has pursued Zoey into the Strange Lands, as has a new group. To make matters worse, the group hunting Holt is there, led by a dangerous and beautiful pirate. So is Mira's first love, Benjamin Aubertine, whose singular ambition to reach the Tower threatens to get them all killed.
Brief description:
J. Barton Mitchell is a screenwriter, comic-book writer, and author. He studied creative writing at the University of Houston before going on to receive a BS in film studies from the University of Texas. After selling screenplays to Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox, he created and wrote the comic-book series Poe. He lives and writes in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles.
Review Quotes:
"Mitchell's second in his young adult trilogy is a masterful mix of post-apocalyptic, dystopian science fiction with just a hint of steampunk. His narrative is edge-of-your-seat and nail-bitingly thrilling, his prose concise and visual, his battles epic, his characters memorable, his evildoers nightmarishly atrocious and his stars utterly unforgettable."
-- "RT Books Reviews (41/2 stars, Top Pick!)"