Anomaly (The Hidden Legion) (Volume 1)

The City was stable. The citizens were submissive but prosperous. Most of the slaves knew only the mines and feared the unknown beyond their prison. And the rebels celebrated their freedom through unknowingly suicidal raids on the City Council. It was a delicate balance of hopelessness, comfort and survival in the wasteland of post-apocalyptic America. But now something has changed. Sixteen-year old Aviella Ray escapes from bondage, an impossible feat. The Council suspects a wider subversion of its perfect controls and reacts mercilessly to uncover the conspiracy. But the illusion of its supremacy begins to fade after Aviella unwittingly taps into a hidden source of immense power. The true nature of Legion is a mystery, but one thing is clear: it is a force that could break the Council's stranglehold forever - or annihilate them all. Patrick Halasz’s first novel, Anomaly, is a fresh addition to the great young adult dystopian stories by Louis Lowry, James Dashner and Sabaa Tahir. For ages 13 and up.