It means fame and fortune, or maybe it’s a ticket out of obscurity or poverty. It’s more than just the world’s most popular e-sport-for thousands of VR teams around the globe, Overworld is life. Read onlineįrom Dan Wells, author of the New York Times bestselling Partials Sequence and the John Cleaver series, comes the second book in a dark, pulse-pounding sci-fi-noir series set in 2050 Los Angeles. What she discovers there has far-reaching implications-not only for the Isolation War, but for Partials and humans alike long after this war is over.Ī powerful take of our world on the brink, Isolation gives readers a glimpse into the history from which Partials was born-as well as clues to where the Partials Sequence is heading next. Heron, a newly trained Partial soldier who specializes in infiltration, is sent on a mission deep behind enemy lines.

Isolation takes us back to the front lines of this war, a time when mankind's ambition far outstripped its foresight. And it was on these fields of battle that the seeds of humanity's eventual destruction were sown.

It was for the Isolation War that the American government contracted the ParaGen Corporation to manufacture the Partials-our last hope in reclaiming energy independence from China. Two decades before the events of Partials, the world was locked in a different battle for survival: a global war for the last remaining oil reserves on the planet. Supports the Common Core State Standards Read online Playing on our curiosity of and fascination with the complete collapse of civilization, Partials is, at its heart, a story of survival, one that explores the individual narratives and complex relationships of those left behind, both humans and Partials alike-and of the way in which the concept of what is right and wrong in this world is greatly dependent on one's own point of view. As she tries desperately to save what is left of her race, she discovers that that the survival of both humans and Partials rests in her attempts to answer questions about the war's origin that she never knew to ask. But sixteen-year-old Kira is determined to find a solution. Reduced to only tens of thousands by a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island. Humanity is all but extinguished after a war with Partials-engineered organic beings identical to humans-has decimated the population. For fans of The Hunger Games, Battlestar Galactica, and Blade Runner comes the first book in the Partials Sequence, a fast-paced, action-packed, and riveting sci-fi teen series, by acclaimed author Dan Wells.

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