For fans ofย The Maze Runnerย andย The Fifth Wave,ย this debut YA novel from Hugo Award winner Will McIntosh pits four underprivileged teens against an evil billionaire in the race of a lifetime.ย
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No one knows where the brilliant-colored spheres came from. One day they were just there, hidden all over the earth like huge gemstones. Burn a pair and they make you a little better: an inch taller, skilled at math, better-looking. The rarer the sphere, the greater the improvementโand the more expensive the sphere.
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Sully is a sphere dealer at a flea market. It doesnโt pay muchโAlex Hollidayโs stores have muscled out most of the independent sellersโbut it helps him and his mom make the rent. When Sully meets Hunter, a girl with a natural talent for finding spheres, the two start searching together. One day they find a Goldโa color no one has ever seen. Thereโs no question the Gold is priceless, but what does it actually do? None of them is aware of it yet, but the fate of the world rests on this little golden orb. Because all the world fights over the spheres, but no one knows where they come from, what their powers are, or why theyโre here.
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PRAISE:
โBurning Midnight is for (1) adrenaline junkies and gamers, (2) obsessive collectors, and (3) people who canโt get enough of crazy endings. Iโm all of these things, and I loved it.โ โMargaret Stohl, New York Times bestselling author of Black Widow: Forever Red and coauthor of the internationally bestselling Beautiful Creatures series