The Secret Runners [Hardcover]

Gossip Girl meets Mad Max in this breakneck thriller where the line between rich and poor is the line between life and death.You can't buy your way out of the end of the world in this edge-of-your-seat adventure from an internationally bestselling author.

Rich vs. Poor. Life vs. Death.

When Skye Rogers and her twin brother, Red, move to Manhattan, rumors of a coming global apocalypse are building. But the ultra-wealthy young elites at their prestigious school keep partying like there's no tomorrow--while the city around them starts to fall apart.

Then Skye and Red are invited to join the Secret Runners, an exclusive group that has access to horrifying truths about the future. Can that insider information save them? Or is this the only time even one-percenters can't buy their way to safety?Matthew Reilly is the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of adult thrillers, including The Great Zoo of China and the Scarecrow and Jack West series. His books have been published in over twenty languages and have sold more than 7.5 million copies worldwide. This is his first novel for young adults. Matthew lives in Los Angeles.
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New School, New Life 

It was my first day at school in a new city, but I don’t think you’d find many people feeling sorry for me. 

On paper, my life was the ultimate fantasy of the average American sixteen-year-old girl. 

I was living in New York City on the Upper West Side, in the historic San Remo building, in an enormous apartment that overlooked Central Park. The San Remo is one of those imperious twin-towered art deco co-ops that were built in the 1930s and are now occupied by movie stars, Wall Street masters of the universe, Saudi princes, and anybody else who can alCj