M0Rr1S has a lot of secrets, but also a potential solution-thousands of miles away. Ellie's-and humanity's-fate rests in the hands of an alien she should fear. They're both breaking the rules for the love of art-and Ellie inspires the same feelings in him that music does.
The trouble is, he finds himself drawn to human music and in desperate need of more. When he finds Ellie's illegal library, he's duty-bound to deliver her for execution. Born in a lab, M0Rr1S was raised to be emotionless. When a book goes missing, Ellie is terrified that the Ilori will track it back to her and kill her. Music, art and books are illegal, but Ellie breaks the rules by keeping a secret library. With humans deemed dangerously volatile because of their initial reaction to the invasion, emotional expression can be grounds for execution. Seventeen-year-old Janelle "Ellie" Baker survives in an Ilori-controlled center in New York City. About the Book "Two years ago, a misunderstanding between the leaders of Earth and the invading Ilori resulted in the deaths of one-third of the world's population.
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