Charlie Kimmus awakes in
a completely different world – a place where there are sea monsters in the East
River, machine birds in the sky, and leopards that prowl the subway systems of
New York. The five boroughs, now called kingdoms, coexist in chaos. Manhattan wants
to create an empire and has already conquered the Bronx.
That same night he is
found by a band of mysterious children. They are the only ones left that oppose
the City since they cannot be hypnotized. Because he is still fourteen, he is
eligible to join them, and is accepted as Vizier of the Child Army after
demonstrating his skill in combat. From the lowest position he slowly rises and
is eventually appointed commander of his League. But being powerful is
dangerous – even though the teenagers all have sworn loyalty to one another,
they sometimes kill in order to rise in rank.
Suddenly, Charlie is
swept on an exhilarating quest to recover the Keys, the only magical
instruments that are able to stop the siege of New York. His successes with
finding them are matched only by Twelve, a fifteen-year old girl he just met and
is the only person he trusts.
But one day Charlie’s
battalion is summoned into the City to fight. And no one has ever left it
alive.
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