The Verdant Cage

By

Jess Lourey
The Wall was built to keep them safe. Or so they thought.
The Verdant Cage

By

Jess Lourey

The Wall was built to keep them safe. Or so they thought.

For as long as seventeen-year-old apothecary Rose Allgood can remember, the towering stone Wall surrounding Noah’s Valley has protected her people. No one leaves. No one fights. And no one questions why.

But their paradise has been hiding its thorns. When Rose’s mother becomes the Valley’s first murder victim and her twin brother is swiftly condemned, she alone is searching for the real killer. Determined to find the truth, she follows a trail of hidden messages, forbidden knowledge, and whispers of a past no one dares to remember.

The deeper she digs, the more certain Rose becomes that her mother’s death was no accident. That the Wall isn’t just keeping something out.

It’s keeping something in.

Fans of The Hunger Games, The Grace Year, and The Maze Runner will devour The Verdant Cage―a chilling dystopian thriller about what it takes to rebel when you discover your entire world is a lie.

About the Author

Jess Lourey writes about secrets. She's a bestselling, two-time Edgar-Award-nominated, two-time Goodreads Choice Awards shortlisted, Anthony Award-winning, ITW Thriller Award-winning, and Minnesota Book Award-winning author of young adult, crime fiction, nonfiction, children's books, and book club fiction. She's surpassed a million readers, and her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. When Jess isn't traveling the world researching her next story, she lives in Minneapolis with a rotating batch of foster kittens (and the occasional foster puppy, but those goobers are a lot of work). To hear the latest on her writing and travels, plus get behind-the-scenes news and enter fun contests, join her VIP Reader group, Lourey's Literati, on Facebook, and sign up for her newsletter on her website.

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