![]() ![]() It reads like wish fulfillment, to be honest. She moves to New York City and basically lives out all kinds of writerly dreams. High school senior Darcy wins NaNoWriMo (it's not explicitly stated but she wrote a 50,000-word novel in November), then lands an extraordinarily generous two-book publishing deal. 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. The Afterworld is a place between the living and the dead, and where many unsolved-and terrifying-stories need to be reconciled. Woven into Darcy’s personal story is her novel, Afterworlds, a suspenseful thriller about a teen who slips into the “Afterworld” to survive a terrorist attack. ![]() Over the course of a year, Darcy finishes her book, faces critique, and falls in love. ![]() ![]() 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. With a contract in hand, she arrives in New York City with no apartment, no friends, and all the wrong clothes. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld comes a “masterful” (Cory Doctorow) novel-within-a-novel that you won’t be able to put down.ĭarcy Patel has put college on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. ![]()
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