keeper of the lost cities book 9 release date

There's a lot of discussion of the fact that elves don't discriminate by gender or skin color, but discriminate ferociously according to whether you have special powers or not, and try to restrict your marriage options due to your genes. Violence, magical and otherwise, from mortal combat to kidnapping, imprisonment, and mind control, is part of the territory. A few long-awaited events take place, including a much-anticipated kiss whose participants don't get much time to enjoy it before events overtake them.

Meanwhile, she has lots of support from assorted magical beings, glittery creatures, and good friends, as she grapples with mortal danger, the challenges of leadership, and all those pesky teen issues like romantic conflicts, mean girls, and school. Now 15 (or maybe 16, the elvin sense of time is different), Sophie is still doing her best while completely out of her depth amid political intrigue, cosmic conflict, deception, and manipulation by those who want to use her for their own ends. There she eventually discovers that not only is she an elf herself, but she's also a genetically engineered world-saving project.

Parents need to know that Stellarlune is the ninth book in Shannon Messenger's Keeper of the Lost Cities series, which began in 2012 and deals with a then-11-year-old protagonist who's grown up among humans but is whisked off to the elf world. Get started CloseĪdult characters blame wine for their memory lapses in the past.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. A character suggests that one elf faction wants to remove humans from their current homes and put them in a 'sanctuary' because they're causing trouble, environmental and otherwise.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. thinks they're too dangerous - is a big part of elf culture. Mind control - and having your memories wiped when you or some authority figure, villain, etc. Various groups who may or may not have good on their side are struggling to possess a cosmic power source that will put them in charge of the universe, and in various ways will stop at nothing to achieve it.

If you don't take them down, they will take you down.' Two protagonists have been genetically engineered and enhanced by their creators with special powers as part of conflicting plans for world domination. As her bodyguard says, 'In a battle, it's the only thing that's true. Violent death, abduction, imprisonment, torture, biological warfare, and weapons are part of the landscape, and and Sophie contemplates the fact that there's a villain she has to kill. Just about all the characters have survived a whole lot of physical, mental, and emotional battering over the previous 8.5 volumes, which has helped define their characters and shape their mental conflicts.

Keeper of the lost cities book 9 release date