Sky’s End

描述

一頭紮進一個殺或被殺的競爭，一個鬥誌昂揚的弱者一心想復仇。

16歲的康拉德被流放到洛氏家族，他拒絕成為他兇殘的叔叔的繼承人。但在漂浮的霍爾姆斯特德島上，任人唯賢是一種嚴酷而無情的統治，當他生病的母親被可怕的怪物殺死時，康拉德達成了一項協議，以拯救他唯一剩下的家人。為了把妹妹從叔叔的魔爪中解救出來，康拉德必須參加十二種職業的選拔。

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Plummet into a kill-or-be-killed competition where a scrappy underdog hell-bent on revenge must claw his way to the top in this thrilling YA fantasy debut

Exiled to live as a Low, sixteen-year-old Conrad refuses to become heir to his murderous uncle. But Meritocracy is a harsh and unforgiving rule on the floating island of Holmstead, and when his ailing mother is killed by monstrous gorgantauns, Conrad cuts a deal to save the only family he has left. To rescue his sister from his uncle’s clutches, Conrad must enter the Selection of the Twelve Trades.