Authors: Lauren Destefano
Burning Kingdoms (35 page)
Lauren DeStefano
is the
New York Times
bestselling author of the Chemical Garden Trilogy, which includes
Wither, Fever,
and
Sever.
This book is the second in the Internment Chronicles. She earned a BA in English with a concentration in creative writing from Albertus Magnus College in Connecticut. Visit her at
LaurenDeStefano.com
.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
DeStefano, Lauren.
Burning kingdoms / Lauren DeStefano. — 1st edition.
pages cm. — (The Internment chronicles ; book two)
Summary: After Morgan Stockhour and her friends escape Internment, she discovers that life on the ground is not safer, and that, perhaps, going over the edge has led her to madness.
ISBN 978-1-4424-8064-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4424-8066-7 (ebook)
[1. Science fiction. 2. Utopias—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.D47Bur 2014
[Fic]—dc23
2013041618
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