Mary E. Pearson’s young adult series, The Remnant Chronicles, focuses on Lia, a princess who’s determined to change her preordained fate. Born into a highly traditional society, Lia decides to run away from home and an arranged marriage in The Kiss of Deception.While on the run, she encounters the prince she was promised to and an assassin who’s been sent to kill her. The three become bonded as they explore new kingdoms and meet new friends and enemies all while Lia wrestles with love, her loyalties to her home country, and tries to forge her own destiny.
“Packs a wallop . . . solid and absorbing high fantasy, with a sudden breathless hook to the next installment.” —Kirkus Reviews on the New York Times bestselling The Heart of Betrayal
The Remnant Chronicles
Mary E. Pearson
Holt Books for Young Readers
Before borders were drawn, before treaties were signed, before wars were waged anew, before the great kingdoms of the Remnant were even born and the world of old was only a hazy...
Mary E. Pearson is the author of The New York Times-bestselling Remnant Chornicles and other bestselling, award-winning novels for teens. The Miles Between was named a Kirkus Best Book of the Year. The Adoration of Jenna Fox was listed as a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, an IRA Young Adult Choice, NYPL Stuff for the Teen Age, and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. She is also the author of A Room on Lorelei Street, David v. God, and Scribbler of Dreams.
Pearson studied art at Long Beach State University, and worked as an artist before earning her teaching credentials at San Diego State University. She writes full-time from her home in Carlsbad, California, where she lives with her husband and two dogs.