The Regional Office Is Under Attack!: A Novel (English Edition)

Manuel Gonzales

Riverhead Books

2016

402 páginas

13h 24m

ISBN-13: 9780698139367

Português Brasileiro

Read it! Jess Walter, New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins "[R]ollicking good fun. New York Times Book Review "A tour-de-force." Laura Miller, Slate In a world beset by amassing forces of darkness, one organizationthe Regional Officeand its coterie of super-powered female assassins protects the globe from annihilation. At its helm, the mysterious Oyemi and her oracles seek out new recruits and root out evil plots. Then a prophecy suggests that someone from inside might bring about its downfall. And now, the Regional Office is under attack. Recruited by a defector from within, Rose is a young assassin leading the attack, eager to stretch into her powers and prove herself on her first mission. Defending the Regional Office is Sarahwho may or may not have a mechanical armfiercely devoted to the organization that took her in as a young woman in the wake of her mothers sudden disappearance. On the day that the Regional Office is attacked, Roses and Sarahs stories will overlap, their lives will collide, and the world as they know it just might end. Weaving in a brilliantly conceived mythology, fantastical magical powers, teenage crushes, and kinetic fight scenes, The Regional Office Is Under Attack! is a seismically entertaining debut novel about revenge and allegiance and love.