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New York Times bestselling fantasy author Mercedes Lackey breaks into YA with a dangerous utterly original futuristic world in which a fearless teen girl leaves behind her close community to be a Hunter in Apex City and finds something worse than the usual monsters. Long ago the barriers between our world and the Otherworld were ripped open and it s taken centuries to bring back civilization in the wake of the catastrophe. Now the luckiest Cits live in enclosed communities behind walls that keep them safe from the hideous creatures fighting to break through. Others are not so lucky. To Joyeaux Charmand who has been a Hunter in her tight-knit mountain community since she was a child every Cit without magic deserves her protection from dangerous Othersiders. Then she is called to Apex City where the best Hunters are kept to protect only the most important people. Joy soon realizes that the city s powerful leaders care more about luring Cits into a false sense of security than protecting