Obsidio (The Illuminae Files Series #3)

by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

Overview

From bestselling author duo Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff comes the exciting finale in the trilogy that broke the mold and has been called "stylistically mesmerizing" and "out-of-this-world-awesome."

Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza—but who knows what they'll find seven months after the invasion? Meanwhile, Kady's cousin, Asha, survived the initial BeiTech assault and has joined Kerenza's ragtag underground resistance. When Rhys—an old flame from Asha's past—reappears on Kerenza, the two find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. With time running out, a final battle will be waged on land and in space, heros will fall, and hearts will be broken.

A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF 2018

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780553499223
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	05/07/2019
Series:	Illuminae Files Series , #3
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	640
Sales rank:	70,836
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.90(d)
Lexile:	850L (what's this?)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, collectively, are 12.5" tall and live in Melbourne, Australia, with two long-suffering spouses, two rescue dogs, and a plentiful supply of caffeine. They met thanks to international taxation law, and stuck together due to a shared love of blowing things up and breaking hearts. You can learn more about Amie at amiekaufman.com or @AmieKaufman; Look for Jay at jaykristoff.com or @misterkristoff

Editorial Reviews

"Kaufman and Kristoff draw their trilogy to a satisfying end with an out-of-this-world finale."—Booklist, starred review

"An adrenaline-pumping action story with timely themes and lasting resonance thanks to the focus on the characters' humanity."—Kirkus, starred review

From the Publisher

A full-cast production supplemented by sound effects and music provides a thrilling conclusion to the Illuminae Files. Four teenagers, having survived the attacks on Heimdall, are now crammed onto a container ship with 2,000 refugees with a vague plan to go to Kerenza IV. They don’t know that a separate battle rages there, with a small resistance still determined to stand against BeiTech forces. As with the other titles, the story is largely recounted through recordings, emails, IMs, and bulletins, giving the narrators the opportunity to vary their voices for the characters as well as providing an underwater quality for the audio introductions and computer recordings, which works particularly well with AIDAN, the artificial intelligence. An involving and exciting audiobook. E.J.F. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

APRIL 2018 - AudioFile

A full-cast production supplemented by sound effects and music provides a thrilling conclusion to the Illuminae Files. Four teenagers, having survived the attacks on Heimdall, are now crammed onto a container ship with 2,000 refugees with a vague plan to go to Kerenza IV. They don’t know that a separate battle rages there, with a small resistance still determined to stand against BeiTech forces. As with the other titles, the story is largely recounted through recordings, emails, IMs, and bulletins, giving the narrators the opportunity to vary their voices for the characters as well as providing an underwater quality for the audio introductions and computer recordings, which works particularly well with AIDAN, the artificial intelligence. An involving and exciting audiobook. E.J.F. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

APRIL 2018 - AudioFile

★ 2018-03-20
Insurgents among the remaining Kerenza IV colonists must sabotage and delay BeiTech to stay alive long enough for survivors from Illuminae (2015) and Gemina (2016) to return and give them a fighting chance.Rhys Lindstrom, a handsome blond techie space Marine-type, and Asha Grant, a pharmacy intern and Kady Grant's light brown-skinned cousin, are on opposite sides—spelling trouble for this star-crossed couple. Rhys works for occupying BeiTech, while Asha's in the resistance. Rhys has been working on the Magellan's (nearly complete) repairs but is reassigned to the surface to maintain the crumbling colony's infrastructure as BeiTech finishes replenishing their hermium supply so they can leave the system. Some of the (fatal) technical difficulties are the result of sabotage by colonist resisters who know that when BeiTech no longer needs them that they're likely to be liquidated just as the "nonessential" colonists were. With Rhys horrified by the planetary situation and seeking to reconnect with his ex Asha, the resistance turns to him for a Hail Mary plan. Meanwhile, the consolidated Hypatia and Heimdall crews face tight resources, tense leadership struggles (including pushback from adults not wanting to take orders from teens), and impossible choices as they race to the colony for a long-shot rescue mission. Design as tightly controlled as the plot clarifies complicated situations and provides visceral emotional gut punches.An adrenaline-pumping action story with timely themes and lasting resonance thanks to the focus on the characters' humanity. (Science fiction. 13-adult)

Kirkus Reviews