The Lair

by Emily McKay

Overview

In the battle against the vampiric Ticks, humanity was slowly but certainly headed for extinction. For months, twin sisters Lily and Mel had been “quarantined” with thousands of other young people being harvested for their blood—food for the Ticks. Finally escaping with a few friends, the twins are separated—and must continue the fight on their own . . .

After making it to a resistance base camp in Utah, Lily learned to survive at all costs. But when a Tick attack decimates the fighters, Lily and her pregnant friend, McKenna, decide to make the hard trek north to Canada—and safety.

Meanwhile, Mel is being taught how to survive by the very vampire that turned her. Living without her sister is hard, but dealing with the fact that her autism was cured by the vampire bite is an even bigger challenge.

But when a monstrous betrayal places Lily in mortal danger, Mel must set out to find her, save her, and begin to unravel the empire of destruction that the Ticks have built.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101606322
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/05/2013
Series:	Emily McKay Farm Series , #2
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	432
Sales rank:	769,045
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years

About the Author

Emily McKay is the 2013  RITA © award winning author of The Farm. She loves to read, shop, and geek out about movies. When she's not writing, she reads on-line gossip and bakes luscious deserts. She pretends that her weekly yoga practice balances out both of those things. She lives in central Texas with her family and her crazy pets.  She also cowrites young adult fiction as Ivy Adams.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Praise for The Farm

“Equal parts Resident Evil and Hunger Games—and just as thrilling . . . A gripping dystopian tale . . . a web of vampires, love, sacrifice, and survival.”—Chloe Neill, New York Times bestselling author of Biting Cold

“A gritty, white-knuckle ride . . . fresh, fraught, and super scary.”—Veronica Wolff, national bestselling author of Sierra Falls

“An intense read . . . the kind of book you can’t put down.”—C. C. Hunter, New York Times bestselling author of Taken at Dusk

“Be prepared to stay up all night.”—Marie V. Snyder, New York Times bestselling author of Touch of Power

Editorial Reviews

Praise for The Farm

“Equal parts Resident Evil and Hunger Games—and just as thrilling . . . A gripping dystopian tale . . . a web of vampires, love, sacrifice, and survival.”—Chloe Neill, New York Times bestselling author of Biting Cold

“A gritty, white-knuckle ride . . . fresh, fraught, and super scary.”—Veronica Wolff, national bestselling author of Sierra Falls

“An intense read . . . the kind of book you can’t put down.”—C. C. Hunter, New York Times bestselling author of Taken at Dusk

“Be prepared to stay up all night.”—Marie V. Snyder, New York Times bestselling author of Touch of Power

From the Publisher

11/15/2013
In the wake of the vampire conquest of the world, young people have been quarantined on farms and harvested for their blood. Twin sisters Lily and Mel escape but are separated when Mel is turned by a vampire. Lily joins a resistance movement based in Utah, while Mel, no longer autistic owing to her vampiric nature, learns to control her blood hunger and to craft a new set of morals for herself. When Lily goes on another rescue mission and is betrayed, Mel decides to save her sister, despite her imperfect control. VERDICT McKay's dark fast-paced sequel to The Farm will appeal to both adult and YA fans of dystopian and vampire fiction such as E.E. Knight's "Vampire Earth" series. The sisters and their friends are well-developed characters caught up in situations that demand extreme measures to survive.

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