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Five years after the destruction of the so-called rehabilitation camps that imprisoned her and countless other Psi kids, 17-year-old Suzume “Zu” Kimura has assumed the role of spokesperson for the interim government, fighting for the rights of Psi kids against a growing tide of misinformation and prejudice. But when she is accused of committing a horrifying act, she is forced to go on the run once more in order to stay alive.

When Ruby woke up on her 10th birthday, something about her had changed. Something frightening enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that got her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that had killed most of America’s children, but she and the others emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they could not control.

The galaxy is at war. Although the Rebel Alliance has won a few battles against the Empire, hope is fading. The Empire is about to finish building the greatest weapon the galaxy has ever seen - the Death Star. The rebels' only chance to defeat it now lies in the unlikely hands of a princess, a scoundrel, and a farm boy....

Ruby can’t look back. Fractured by an unbearable loss, she and the kids who survived the government’s attack on Los Angeles travel north to regroup. Only Ruby can keep their highly dangerous prisoner in check. But with Clancy Gray, there's no guarantee you're fully in control, and everything comes with a price

Ruby never asked for the abilities that almost cost her her life. Now she must call upon them on a daily basis, leading dangerous missions to bring down a corrupt government and breaking into the minds of her enemies. Other kids in the Children’s League call Ruby “Leader", but she knows what she really is: a monster. When Ruby is entrusted with an explosive secret, she must embark on her most dangerous mission yet: leaving the Children’s League behind.

Etta Spencer didn't know she was a traveler until the day she emerged both miles and years from her home. Now, robbed of the powerful object that was her only hope of saving her mother, Etta finds herself stranded once more, cut off from Nicholas - the eighteenth century privateer she loves - and her natural time.

Three hundred years ago, fate bound Prosper Redding and Prince Alastor of the Third Realm together. Now the human boy and fiend heir to the demon kingdom must put aside a centuries-old blood feud to save everything they love. Alastor will guide Prosper through the demon realm - under one huge condition: Prosper must enter into a contract with the malefactor residing in him, promising eternal servitude in the afterlife. With Prosper's sister in the clutches of the evil queen Pyra, Prosper has no choice but to agree.

Violin prodigy Etta Spencer had big plans for her future, but a tragedy has put her once-bright career at risk. Closely tied to her musical skill, however, is a mysterious power she doesn't even know she has. When her two talents collide during a stressful performance, Etta is drawn back hundreds of years through time.

Prosper is the only unexceptional Redding in his old and storied family history - that is until he discovers the demon living inside him. Turns out Prosper's great-great-great-great-great-something grandfather made - and then broke - a contract with a malefactor, a demon who exchanges fortune for eternal servitude. And, weirdly enough, 4,000-year-old Alastor isn't exactly the forgiving type. The fiend has reawakened with one purpose - to destroy the family whose success he ensured and who then betrayed him.

En mystisk sygdom dræber 98 procent af alle børnene i USA, og de resterende 2 procent viser sig at have udviklet en form for overnaturlige evner, som ingen helt ved, hvad indebærer, og de placeres derfor i forskellige aflukkede faciliteter. 16-årige Ruby undslipper med nød og næppe en af regeringens mest brutale testlejre og slutter sig til en gruppe andre teenagere på flugt fra systemet. Og på jagt efter svar. Liam, den lille gruppes leder, falder hårdt for Ruby, men hun kan ikke lade ham komme tæt på sig. Ikke efter det, der skete med hendes forældre.

Seit Ruby übersinnliche Fähigkeiten besitzt, geht sie durch die Hölle. Denn die Regierung hat es auf Menschen wie sie abgesehen und greift Ruby und ihre Gruppe immer wieder an. Aber sie geben nicht auf und haben sogar einen Gefangenen genommen. Der allerdings wird immer mehr zu einer großen Gefahr für sie alle. Es handelt sich um Clancy Gray, den Sohn des Präsidenten - und auch er verfügt über ähnliche Fähigkeiten wie Ruby. Allein sie kann seine manipulativen Kräfte im Zaum halten.

Ruby ist eine der wenigen, die das Virus überlebt haben. Dafür ist ihr eine Gabe geblieben, die sie verflucht: Sie kann Gedanken lesen und manipulieren. Das macht sie für viele sehr wertvoll. Die berüchtigte Children's League will sie im Kampf gegen die Regierung einsetzen. Als Ruby entdeckt, dass ihr Freund Liam erneut in großer Gefahr ist, begibt sie sich auf eine gefährliche Mission, die auch der Children's League nicht gefallen wird. Denn niemals könnte sie ertragen, dass sie den einzigen Menschen, den sie liebt, verlieren könnte.

Ruby hat überlebt. Doch der Preis dafür war hoch. Sie hat alles verloren: Freunde, Familie, ihr ganzes Leben. Weil sie das Virus überlebt hat. Weil sie nun eine Fähigkeit besitzt, die sie zur Bedrohung werden lässt, zu einer Gefahr für die Menschheit. Denn sie kann die Gedanken anderer beeinflussen. Deshalb wurde sie in ein Lager gebracht mit vielen anderen Überlebenden. Deshalb soll sie getötet werden. Aber Ruby hat nicht überlebt, um zu sterben. Sie wird kämpfen, schließlich hat sie nichts zu verlieren.