The Sundered (2012) (edit title/settings)

Ruthanne Reid edited the description of The Sundered 2 weeks ago.

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Ruthanne Reid edited the description of The Sundered Thursday, January 10, 2013.

• <b><i>YouYou don't go in the water. You don't touch it. If you do, it will get you, drag you down, and you're gone. </b></i>

  Harry knows the score: the water ruins everything. It kills on contact and covers the whole world. Humans crowd together on tiny islands, surviving only by the alien power of their slaves, the Sundered Ones.

  The Sundered create food. The Sundered create shelter. They're also dying out - the more they're used, the faster they fade. Faced with dual extinction, Harry wades through ugly secrets and re-written history to find the cost of survival - and it is high. Too high. In Harry's broken, flooded world, every hope has a price

Ruthanne Reid edited the description of The Sundered Thursday, January 10, 2013.

• One world, flooded by deadly<b><i>You don't go in the water. Two species, humansYou don't touch it. If you do, it will get you, drag you down, and their broken slaves. Something has to change – and when it does, someone is going extinct.you're gone. </b></i>

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Ruthanne Reid edited the description of The Sundered Friday, October 19, 2012.

• One world, flooded by deadly water. Two species, humans and their broken slaves. Something has to change – and when it does, someone is going extinct.

  ***
  
  Harry Iskinderknows the rules. Don't touch the water, or it will pull you under. Conserve food, because there’s no arable land. Useway things are can't continue. The world is flooded with water that kills on contact. The only sources for food and shelter are Sundered slaves gently, or they die too quicklyOnes, weird and powerful creatures telepathically bound to be worthwhile.human masters. But using Sundered Ones kills them, and there aren't any more in the wild.

  With extinction on the horizon and a world lost to deadlySomewhere in that flood, Harry searches fora cure:strange device called the Hope of Humanity,Humanity might have the mysterious artifact that gave humanspower to fix everything, but finding it isn't so easy. Terrorists think it can control overthe world. Others think it's a Sundered centuries ago. Accordingweapon, and want to legend,blow it up – and the Hope can fix the planet.

  But the Hope holds more secrets than Harry knows. PowerfulSundered Ones willingly bow to himwant it really badly, which just to get near it. Ambitious enemies pursue him, sure that the Hope is a weapon. Friends turn their backs, afraidmight mean it's dangerous.
  
  Harry will choose wrong.

  And Harryhas a choiceto make. The time for sharing the Earth is done. Either the Sundered survive and humanity ends,find it first, or humanity lives for a while, but the Sundered are wiped out.

  He never wanted this choice.he'll have no options. He stillhas to make it. In his broken,find it first, and if he does, he'll have to decide: who will survive, human or Sundered? The world can't support them both. One way or another, in this flooded world, Hope comes withhas a price.

Ruthanne Reid edited the description of The Sundered Saturday, June 30, 2012.

• Harry Iskinder knows the rules. Don't touch the water, or it will pull you under. Conserve food, because there’s no arable land. Use Sundered slaves gently, or they die too quickly to be worthwhile.

  With extinction on the horizon and a world lost to deadly flood, Harry searches for a cure: the Hope of Humanity, the mysterious artifact that gave humans control over the Sundered centuries ago. According to legend, the Hope can fix the planet.

  But the Hope holds more secrets than Harry knows. Powerful Sundered Ones willingly bow to him just to get near it. Ambitious enemies pursue him, sure that the Hope is a weapon. Friends turn their backs, afraid Harry will choose wrong.

  And Harry has a choice to make. The time for sharing the Earth is done. Either the Sundered survive and humanity ends, or humanity lives for a while, but the Sundered are wiped out.

  He never wanted this choice. He still has to make it. In his broken, flooded world, Hope comes with a price.