Afterworlds

Afterworlds

From the #1 <I>New York Times</I> bestselling author Scott Westerfeld comes a smart, thought-provoking novel-within-a-novel that you won€t be able to put down.<br><br>Darcy Patel has put college on hold to publish her teen novel, <I>Afterworlds</I>. With a contract in hand, she arrives in New York City with no apartment, no friends, and all the wrong clothes. But lucky for Darcy, she€s taken under the wings of other seasoned and fledgling writers who help her navigate the city and the world of writing and publishing. Over the course of a year, Darcy finishes her book, faces critique, and falls in love.<br> <br>Woven into Darcy€s personal story is her novel, <I>Afterworlds</I>, a suspenseful thriller about a teen who slips into the €œAfterworld€ to survive a terrorist attack. The Afterworld is a place between the living and the dead, and where many unsolved€"and terrifying€"stories need to be reconciled. Like Darcy, Lizzie too falls in love€¦until a new threat resurfaces, and her special gifts may not be enough to protect those she cares about most.