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Powerless

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The Elites have possessed powers for decades, gifted to them by the Plague, while those born Ordinary are just that. Banished from the kingdom if you lack an ability and forced to live in the slums, the Ordinaries don’t have it easy. No one knows this better than Paedyn Gray. She’ll do anything to survive and stay out of trouble, even if it means posing as a Psychic to blend in with the Elites. But when Paeydn unsuspectingly saves Kai Azer, an Ilya prince, she finds herself thrown into the Purging Trials, a cut-throat competition showcasing the Elites’ powers – the very thing Paedyn is incapable of. Either the Trails or the opponents are going to kill her, or the prince she’s fighting feelings for will when he discovers what Paedyn is – completely Ordinary. This first title in the sizzling fantasy romance trilogy features a jacket that can be reversed.

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SKU: 9781398567122 Category: Children’s education Tags: “Children’s / Teenage fiction: Speculative, dystopian & utopian fiction”, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family & home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal & social issues: death & bereavement, Children’s / Teenage personal & social issues: Self-awareness & self-esteem, Teenage fiction: Fantasy romance
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THE INSTANT NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING PHENOMENON. #SLOWBURNSUMMER
 
Fourth Wing meets The Hunger Games in this sizzling fantasy romance not to be missed, now with a bright new cover. 
 
Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya . . . The exceptional. The Elites. The Elites have possessed powers for decades, gifted to them by the Plague, while those born Ordinary are just that, banished from the kingdom and shunned from society.
 
No one knows this better than Paedyn Gray, an Ordinary posing as an Elite. When she unsuspectingly saves one of Ilya’s princes, Kai Azer, she’s thrown into the Purging Trials, a brutal competition to showcase her ‘Elite’ powers.
 
If the Trials and the opponents don’t kill her, the prince she’s fighting feelings for will if he discovers what Paedyn really is . . . completely Ordinary.
 
Be swept away by the first in the smash hit, dagger-to-the-throat romantasy trilogy that's taken the world by storm. 

AVAILABLE NOW: RECKLESS and FEARLESS.

Also available: Powerful and Fearful.

Follow Lauren Roberts on TikTok and Instagram @LaurenRobertsLibrary

*Powerless was UK YA number 1 on TCM w/e 1st June 2024

Praise for the Powerless series: 
‘Nothing short of epic’ Rosie Talbot, bestselling author of Sixteen Souls
‘A thrilling fantasy with the most delicious slow-burn romance’ M.A. Kuzniar, bestselling author of Midnight in Everwood
‘[A] titillating debut’ Publishers Weekly
‘A masterpiece’ Goodreads Reader Review
‘Everyone needs to read it’ TikTok Review
‘The BEST book I’ve read’ NetGalley Reader Review
‘A sizzling slice of fantasy romance’ Booksellers Review

Dimensions 2 cm
Author

Roberts, Lauren

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Children's

Imprint

Simon & Schuster Children's

Cover

Paperback

Pages

528

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

Young Adult / Code: C

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