Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Waiting on Wednesday #72: Reckoning



Waiting on Wednesday is a wonderful meme created by Jill from Breaking the Spine where we highlighted an upcoming release that we're eagerly anticipating.


Reckoning (Silver Blackthorn #1)
by Kerry Wilkinson 
Hardcover, 368 pages
Expected publication: July 1st 2014 
by St. Martin's Griffin (first published May 22nd 2014)
by HarperTeen
Goodreads 

One girl. One reckoning. One destiny. 

In a far-off future, after years of war and famine have eliminated all technological advancement, returning society to a feudal system, in the village of Martindale, hundreds of miles north of the new English capital of Windsor, sixteen-year-old Silver Blackthorn takes the Reckoning. This coming-of-age test not only decides her place in society – Elite, Member, Inter or Trog – but also determines that Silver is to become an Offering for King Victor. 

But these are uncertain times and no one really knows what happens to the teenagers who disappear into Windsor Castle. Is being an Offering the privilege everyone assumes it to be, or do the walls of the castle have something to hide? 

Trapped in a maze of ancient corridors, Silver finds herself in a warped world of suspicion where it is difficult to know who to trust and who to fear. In this novel by Kerry Wilkinson, the one thing Silver does know is that she must find a way out . . . 



I'm not sure to which sub-genre does this qualify? Dystopian? Historical YA? It's a mixture of both. I'm just curious as to how the story will played out.

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