Aurora Rising(The Aurora Cycle)

By Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

From the New York Times and internationally bestselling authors of The Illuminae Files comes a new science fiction epic...

It's 2380 and the graduating students of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Tyler Jones has been a star pupil who hopes to recruit the squad of his dreams but ends up with a mixed and volatile crew.

And Ty's squad isn't even his biggest problem – that'd be Aurora Jie-Lin O'Malley, the girl he's just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth. But she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making, and Tyler's squad of losers, discipline-cases and misfits might just be the last hope for the entire galaxy.

Vividly told in the seven voices of the team members, this is fast-paced, action-packed, wickedly humorous and fabulously entertaining. Described by one online fan as 'a mystery with tons of action. A kind of thriller on steroids with a fantasy feel.'

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rock the Boat
• Release date: May 7, 2019
• ISBN: 9781786075345

Amie Kaufman

Amie Kaufman is a New York Times and international bestselling author of young adult and middle grade fiction and the host of the podcast Amie Kaufman on Writing. Her multi-award-winning work is slated for publication in over thirty countries and has been described as “a game-changer” (Shelf Awareness), “stylistically mesmerizing” (Publishers Weekly), and “out-of-this-world awesome” (Kirkus Reviews). Her series include the Illuminae Files, the Aurora Cycle, the Other Side of the Sky duology, the Starbound trilogy, the Unearthed duology, the Elementals trilogy, and The World Between Blinks. Her work is in development for film and TV and has taken home multiple Aurealis Awards, an ABIA, and a Gold Inky, made multiple best-of lists, and been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. Raised in Australia and occasionally Ireland, Amie has degrees in history, literature, law, and conflict resolution and is currently undertaking a PhD in creative writing. She lives in Melbourne with her husband, daughter, rescue dog, and an extremely large personal library. Learn more about her and subscribe to her newsletter at amiekaufman.com.

[Louisa · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Wow, what an amazing, emotional, exciting and unique journey! "Aurora Burning", here I come.

[Naitora · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Talking about the plot of AURORA RISING is to talk about a cleverly designed work that knows how to hook the reader from the very first moment. Not only because of that synopsis (which I know I don’t usually read). We have cynical, ironic characters, with that dark humor that I love so much. A group of misfits led by a boy committed to the cause. The pace is fast-paced almost from the start; we don’t know what is happening, but we feel the urgent need to run and worry for each and every one of our boys. Don’t ask me to tell you who my favorite is; I can’t. What I can say freely is that I have suffered a lot and that I desperately and urgently need the next part. The union of Ami Kaufman and Jay Kristoff strikes me as explosive and right, perfect. His irony is noticeable on every page, but there’s also a certain subtle sweetness that I’m sure belongs to the author, for me... the perfect symbiosis. Happy reading! (Translated from Spanish)

[RocioAnahi · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Good twists! Humor, irony, soft romance, mystery... a good cocktail (the bad thing is that I didn't see it was a saga, and now I have that feeling that I need to finish the story). A little slap on the wrist for not researching a bit more.
Fin is by far my favorite character, so find another one because I'm keeping him ? (Translated from Spanish)