The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe
(Sprache: Englisch)
The fierce new YA novel from Ally Condie, author of the bestselling Matched trilogy
A compelling, serpentine journey into the heart of grief, the way it can threaten to destroy, and what it looks like to survive. Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times...
A compelling, serpentine journey into the heart of grief, the way it can threaten to destroy, and what it looks like to survive. Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times...
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The fierce new YA novel from Ally Condie, author of the bestselling Matched trilogyA compelling, serpentine journey into the heart of grief, the way it can threaten to destroy, and what it looks like to survive. Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Ember in the Ashes
With its wonderful subversion of gender tropes and achingly real characters, The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe takes readers on an epic journey to unearth life s true treasures. Ally Condie has knocked it out of the park. Renée Ahdieh, bestselling author of Smoke in the Sun and The Wrath & the Dawn
Who do you become when you have nothing left to lose?
There is something Poe Blythe, the seventeen-year-old captain of the Outpost s last mining ship, wants far more than the gold they tear from the Serpentine River.
Revenge.
Poe has vowed to annihilate the river raiders who robbed her of everything two years ago. But as she navigates the treacherous waters of the Serpentine and realizes there might be a traitor among her crew, she must also reckon with who she has become, who she wants to be, and the ways love can change and shape you. Even and especially when you think all is lost.
Ally Condie, the international bestselling author of the Matched trilogy, returns with an intricately crafted and emotionally gripping story of one young woman s journey to move beyond the grief and anger that control her and find the inner strength to chart her own course.
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Call tells me he sees a star and that makes me laugh.
I do. His voice is serious, his mouth against my ear.
I tip my head up. He s right. It hangs low on the horizon. That makes six, I say.
Seven, he says. That was a star we saw the first night on the river.
It wasn t. We ve been arguing about this for weeks, ever since we left the Outpost behind and boarded the dredge to go upriver.
He laughs softly before he starts kissing me again.
Up on the deck, it s easier to hear past the sounds made by our hungry metal ship. But it s still impossible to completely ignore the constant throb and grate of the dredge as it moves along the river in search of gold, taking in rocks and stones, grinding them out. It tears up the rivers and leaves refuse and silt behind, ruins valleys, adds a smear of smoke to the sky.
All of this, because the Admiral has a taste for gold, I say.
I have a taste for you, Call tells me. I laugh because it s such a stupid thing to say, even though it s true, and I feel him smile.
It makes no sense, I say. What good is all this gold? We all know that the Admiral wants to help the Outpost thrive. He thinks that getting more gold can help us do that, but I m not entirely sure why. We ve mined enough to last us for a while, and there s not really anyone to trade with anymore. We need so many other things. Cleaner air, more water, better medicine, ways to rehabilitate the land. All gold does is gild the time until we die.
Who cares? Call says. If the Admiral didn t want it, we d never get to be out here.
Call says things like this, but I ve seen the expression on his face as he looks back at the devastation we leave behind. Churned-up riverbed, life choked to death so we can raise the gold.
Even though it shivers me to think of the ruin we re causing, I may as well count the stars while I can. Already, in two weeks out on the
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river, I ve seen more than most people back at the Outpost will in a lifetime.
It was a good idea to come here, Call whispers. Admit it.
A good idea, I say, teasing. A good idea for us to spend our days in the belly of a noisy old ship loud enough to make us deaf. A good idea to spend our nights up here standing guard and ruining our eyes looking for things in the dark.
A very good idea, he says.
Call had overheard some of the machinists in the scrap yard where we work talking about the dredge voyages. It s not an ideal posting, the machinists told Call. It s dangerous and you have to leave the Outpost. To Call, those sounded like promises instead of drawbacks.
It s the only way you re going to see the world, Poe, he said to me. The only way you re going to shake the dust of the Outpost from your feet.
And we both knew that signing on to the dredge was a way for us to be together, without settling down and having babies and working all day every day in the same places, doing the same things.
And then there s the biggest secret, the best dream of all.
We re going to escape.
At the turnaround point, we re going to leave. Run. Be free.
I have imagined it all. Blue lakes. Forest smell. The sound of something else alive in the woods, that isn t human and doesn t care that we are. We might not last long in the wilderness, but who knows. There s a chance we could survive.
I would rather be torn apart by something than wait for nothing. And it doesn t do any good to worry about
It was a good idea to come here, Call whispers. Admit it.
A good idea, I say, teasing. A good idea for us to spend our days in the belly of a noisy old ship loud enough to make us deaf. A good idea to spend our nights up here standing guard and ruining our eyes looking for things in the dark.
A very good idea, he says.
Call had overheard some of the machinists in the scrap yard where we work talking about the dredge voyages. It s not an ideal posting, the machinists told Call. It s dangerous and you have to leave the Outpost. To Call, those sounded like promises instead of drawbacks.
It s the only way you re going to see the world, Poe, he said to me. The only way you re going to shake the dust of the Outpost from your feet.
And we both knew that signing on to the dredge was a way for us to be together, without settling down and having babies and working all day every day in the same places, doing the same things.
And then there s the biggest secret, the best dream of all.
We re going to escape.
At the turnaround point, we re going to leave. Run. Be free.
I have imagined it all. Blue lakes. Forest smell. The sound of something else alive in the woods, that isn t human and doesn t care that we are. We might not last long in the wilderness, but who knows. There s a chance we could survive.
I would rather be torn apart by something than wait for nothing. And it doesn t do any good to worry about
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Autoren-Porträt von Ally Condie
Ally Condie is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Matched trilogy and co-author of the Darkdeep middle grade series. She is also the author of the novel Summerlost, an Edgar Award Finalist. A former English teacher, Ally lives with her family outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. Ally has an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, and is the founder and director of the nonprofit WriteOut Foundation.allycondie.com
Twitter: @allycondie
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- Autor: Ally Condie
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 12 Jahre
- 2020, 352 Seiten, Maße: 14,2 x 20,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: PENGUIN BOOKS
- ISBN-10: 014751066X
- ISBN-13: 9780147510662
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.11.2020
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
A Seventeen Best YA Novel of 2019 Poe makes a fierce, conflicted and interesting heroine as she slowly awakens from her downward spiral of rage . Ally Conde offers nonstop action, a Wild West Frontier-type setting, colorful characters, a vividly drawn dystopian world and a sinister leader. The Buffalo News
[An] intensely character-driven novel, which digs a human heart out of an apocalyptic wasteland. A precise, introspective story about the trajectory of grief. Booklist
A swashbuckling steampunk mashup of Mark Twain and Philip Reeve s Mortal Engines Quartet. Kirkus
Smart and strong, [Poe] fights to protect her ship above everything else. Condie has created a well-rounded character who defies typical gender roles . The story is well-woven and compelling. SLJ
Praise for Ally Condie s Matched Trilogy:
This futuristic fable of love and free will asks: Can there be freedom without choice? The tale of Cassia's journey from acceptance to rebellion will draw you in and leave you wanting more. Cassandra Clare, New York Times-bestselling author of The Infernal Devices and The Mortal Instruments series
A superb dystopian romance. The Wall Street Journal
A fierce, unforgettable page-turner. Kirkus, starred review
Condie's enthralling and twisty dystopian plot is well served by her intriguing characters and fine writing....Cassia's metamorphosis is gripping and satisfying. Publishers Weekly, starred review
Condie s prose is immediate and unadorned, with sudden pings of lush lyricism [and] reveals seeming to arrive on almost every page. Kirkus, starred review
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