The Q
(Sprache: Englisch)
In this action-packed adventure from a New York Times bestselling author, two teenagers from opposite worlds must fight their way through a vast walled quarantine zone in a dystopian America toward their only chance for...
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In this action-packed adventure from a New York Times bestselling author, two teenagers from opposite worlds must fight their way through a vast walled quarantine zone in a dystopian America toward their only chance for survival.Seventeen-year-old Maisie Rojas has spent her entire life in the Q—a post-pandemic quarantine zone that was once Austin, Texas. Born and raised behind the high security walls that sealed their fate, she's now a trusted lieutenant for one of the territory's controlling families.
Lennon Pierce, the charismatic son of a US presidential candidate, has just been kidnapped by his father's enemies and dropped out of a plane into the Q with nothing but a parachute strapped to his back. Lennon is given a temporary antidote to the disease and crucial intel for his father, but Maisie must get him out of the zone within forty-eight hours--or he will be permanently infected and forced to remain.
With unrest brewing both inside and outside the Q, reaching the exit is a daunting and dangerous task. But if Maisie and Lennon fail, it could mean disaster for the entire quarantine zone and its inhabitants—and could cost Lennon his life.
Strap in for breakneck action and compelling characters in this timely, nonstop thriller.
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Radio Quarantine with Hadley LopezSpecial Joint US/Quarantine Zone Broadcast
Hi, kids, this is Maisie Rojas, coming to you live from the Q.
That s right, I m inside the quarantine zone right now. I was born here, actually, eighteen years ago, when all of you were just a twinkle in your parents eyes.
Hadley Lopez was kind enough to let me jump on her program today, so don t worry, all you Q listeners. Your girl will be back shortly.
I m here today because schools in the good ol US of A are trying a new thing this year, letting some of us inside the Q record a segment for you guys as part of your history lessons. Which is cool, I guess. I mean, I always thought school was boring as hell, but maybe I can spice things up a bit for you. And for those of you in the Q, we thought we d broadcast this to you live, just for fun. If you don t like it, turn it off! I don t care.
So! They want me to tell you a little about the history of the Q, from my perspective. I told them it was probably a bad idea to let me do this, but here we are. No one can say I didn t warn you.
All right, they told me to start at the beginning, which I think you all already know, but whatever. They said they want to hear my version of events. So here we go.
There was a virus, and it was bad. Death, sadness, et cetera.
I m probably supposed to tell you some science stuff here, but I slept through those classes. You have the internet out there, don t you? You can look it up.
Anyway, this virus started in Austin, Texas, which I hear was a pretty nice place back in the day. It quickly spread to Houston and Dallas and some other places I forgot. The US government, which had dealt with two major pandemics in the past twenty years, was like, Yo, we got this, we got this.
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They built a massive quarantine zone around Austin and started shuttling all the sick people over there. Everyone without symptoms went to a separate quarantine zone.
Problem was, a lot of people couldn t get out of the Austin quarantine zone, even if they weren t sick yet. Some people, like my parents, didn t have a car and couldn t catch one of the buses because there weren t nearly enough. You had to, like, fight to the death to get on one of those buses, and my parents weren t about that life.
Your history classes will probably teach you that it was just the unlucky people or the stupid ones who stuck around and caught the virus, but that s a load of shit. It was mostly just the poor people.
Wait, Hadley is holding up a piece of paper telling me I can t say shit. Well, fu . . . dge. I ll try to clean up the language, kids.
Right, so we have this quarantine zone with all the sick people, and it s a real bummer in there, because it turns out that the virus has a 40 percent mortality rate.
On the upside, the president of the United States has become a damn hero for containing the virus before it spread outside of Texas and killed half the world s population. Good for him, I guess.
Meanwhile, the 60 percent who lived and were still in the Q were like, Hey, are we getting out of here or what?
Spoiler alert: they did not get out.
Because, bad news this virus does not provide long-term immunity to people who get infected with it. Which meant everyone inside the Q kept getting sick, over and over, and no one could develop an effective vaccine because the virus kept mutating. On the plus side, the mortality rate kept getting better, so people weren t dropping dead left and right anymore.
People started to try to escape the Q, which did not go great for them. President Howard was like, Yo, that s not cool, and built a
They built a massive quarantine zone around Austin and started shuttling all the sick people over there. Everyone without symptoms went to a separate quarantine zone.
Problem was, a lot of people couldn t get out of the Austin quarantine zone, even if they weren t sick yet. Some people, like my parents, didn t have a car and couldn t catch one of the buses because there weren t nearly enough. You had to, like, fight to the death to get on one of those buses, and my parents weren t about that life.
Your history classes will probably teach you that it was just the unlucky people or the stupid ones who stuck around and caught the virus, but that s a load of shit. It was mostly just the poor people.
Wait, Hadley is holding up a piece of paper telling me I can t say shit. Well, fu . . . dge. I ll try to clean up the language, kids.
Right, so we have this quarantine zone with all the sick people, and it s a real bummer in there, because it turns out that the virus has a 40 percent mortality rate.
On the upside, the president of the United States has become a damn hero for containing the virus before it spread outside of Texas and killed half the world s population. Good for him, I guess.
Meanwhile, the 60 percent who lived and were still in the Q were like, Hey, are we getting out of here or what?
Spoiler alert: they did not get out.
Because, bad news this virus does not provide long-term immunity to people who get infected with it. Which meant everyone inside the Q kept getting sick, over and over, and no one could develop an effective vaccine because the virus kept mutating. On the plus side, the mortality rate kept getting better, so people weren t dropping dead left and right anymore.
People started to try to escape the Q, which did not go great for them. President Howard was like, Yo, that s not cool, and built a
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Autoren-Porträt von Amy Tintera
Amy Tintera
Produktdetails
- Autor: Amy Tintera
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 14 Jahre
- 2022, International, 352 Seiten, Maße: 13,8 x 20,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Random House
- ISBN-10: 0593644239
- ISBN-13: 9780593644232
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.11.2022
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"Ridiculously fun, romantic, and action-packed." - Kirkus Reviews[A] wildly inventive, cinematic read rooted in a near-future, post-pandemic world that sharply echoes contemporary society. Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
[The Q] is undeniably page-turning and will satisfy any action-adventure aficionado. Booklist
[Readers are] in for an action-packed adventure with a dash of romance, and there is clearly a vicarious triumph here from the empowerment that comes with reading about kids in a pandemic who can actually do something about it. The Bulletin of the Center for Children s Books
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