The Scorpion Rules (Prisoners of Peace)

Erin Bow

ISBN 10: 1481442716 / ISBN 13: 9781481442718

Published by Margaret K. McElderry Books, New York, 2015

About this Item

BL4 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by author with "making it personal (on orders from Talis!) for Erin, Texas Book Fest" written on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light tanning and shelf wear. The world is at peace, said the Utterances. And really, if the odd princess has a hard day, is that too much to ask? 8.5"x6", 374 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Scorpion Rules (Prisoners of Peace)
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books, New York
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1481442716
• ISBN 13: 9781481442718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

The children of world leaders are held hostage in an attempt to keep the peace in this “slyly humorous, starkly thought-provoking” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) novel.

Greta is a Duchess and a Crown Princess. She is also a Child of Peace, a hostage held by the de facto ruler of the world, the great Artificial Intelligence, Talis. This is how the game is played: if you want to rule, you must give one of your children as a hostage. Start a war and your hostage dies.

The system has worked for centuries. Parents don’t want to see their children murdered.

Greta will be free if she can make it to her eighteenth birthday. Until then she is prepared to die with dignity, if necessary. But everything changes when Elian arrives at the Precepture. He’s a hostage from a new American alliance, and he defies the machines that control every part of their lives—and is severely punished for it. His rebellion opens Greta’s eyes to the brutality of the rules they live under, and to the subtle resistance of her companions. And Greta discovers her own quiet power.

Then Elian’s country declares war on Greta’s and invades the prefecture, taking the hostages hostage. Now the great Talis is furious, and coming himself to deliver punishment. Which surely means that Greta and Elian will be killed...unless Greta can think of a way to break all the rules.

About the Author

Erin Bow is the author of The Scorpion Rules, which received three starred reviews and was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and it’s sequel, The Swan Riders, which received two starred reviews. She also wrote the acclaimed Russian-flavored fantasy Plain Kate, which received two starred reviews and was a YALSA Best Book of the Year, and the terrifying YA ghost story Sorrow’s Knot, which received five starred reviews and was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year. Visit her at ErinBow.com.