For teens who grew up reading and adoring <i>The Giver </i>and <i>The City of Ember</i>.<br> <br>Oregon Trail meets Westworld<i> </i>in this epic new trilogy from the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>We All Looked Up</i> Tommy Wallach.<br><br><i>Knowledge has always been the enemy of faith.</i><br> <br>They said that the first generation of man was brought low by its appetites: for knowledge for power for wealth. They said mankind's voracity was so great the Lord sent his own Daughter to bring fire and devastation to the world.<br> <br>The survivors were few but over the course of centuries they banded together to form a new civilization—the Descendancy—founded on the belief that the mistakes of the past must never be repeated.<br> <br>Brothers Clive and Clover Hamill the sons of a well-respected Descendant minister have spent their lives spreading that gospel. But when their traveling ministry discovers a community intent on rediscovering the blasphemous technologies of the past a chain of events will be set in motion that will pit city against city…and brother against brother.<br> <br>Along with Gemma Poplin Clive's childhood sweetheart and Paz Dedios a revolutionary who dreams of overthrowing the Descendancy Clive and Clover will each play a pivotal role in determining the outcome of this holy war and the fate of humanity itself.
