New Releases by Jeff HIRSCH

From a bestselling author, an edgy, voice-driven novel set in a not-so-distant-future world about teens trying to survive when attacks by an unknown terrorist organization throw the entire planet into chaos. Just right for fans of Tommy Wallach''s We All Looked Up. Will the Class of 2049 be the last class ever? Lucy Weaver has her future all figured out. Make an appearance at prom, ditch graduation, and then head out on an epic road trip with her boyfriend, Luke. But when everyone’s phones start to ring halfway through the dance, Lucy knows something terrible has happened—something big. Decades of climate change have left the world teetering on the brink—entire cities drowned, violent extremism on the rise, millions of refugees with nowhere to turn. Is this the night it finally slips over the edge? The unforgettable journey of one teen finding her way in a world the adults have destroyed, Unnatural Disasters is an ultimately hopeful story about survival, family, identity, love, and moving on.

Set nearly a year after the conclusion of Hirsch''s 2013 book The Darkest Path - a survival adventure following a former child soldier named Cal Roe caught in the midst of the 2nd American Civil War - this short novel continues the story entirely from the point-of-view of Cal''s faithful dog, Bear. After a tragic loss in the family Cal entrusted him to in The Darkest Path, Bear feels compelled to recall his past - from being brought up on an Arizona farm by an idealistic but conflicted young woman, through the violent rise of The Glorious Path, to the moment he finally meets his friend Cal in the desert. In both the past and the present Bear struggles to survive and find his place in the world while trying to understand man''s violence and the loss he seems to experience at every turn. Part prequel and part sequel, The Darkest Path: Bear''s Story is a fast-paced and exciting ride for readers twelve and up.

J. Rutherford Pierce, qui doit se débarrasser au plus vite d''Amy Cahill et son frère Dan, s''assure de la motivation de ses mercenaires, en leur faisant ingurgiter un poison lent. Il promet de leur donner le remède que s''ils parviennent à tuer les deux Cahill. Ces derniers sont à Tunis pour retrouver du silphium, deuxième ingrédient de l''antidote au sérum élaboré par Olivia Cahill, leur ancêtre. Ils missionnent leurs amis Jake et Atticus auprès de leur père, archéologue réputé, afin d''obtenir des informations sur cette plante disparue depuis des siècles. Mais le professeur Rosenbloom disparaît...

La famille Cahill a un secret. Depuis cinq cents ans, ses membres sont les gardiens des 39 clés, les ingrédients d''un serum. Celui qui le boit devient la personne la plus puissante au monde. Si le serum tombe entre de mauvaises mains, le désastre sera planétaire. J. Rutherford Pierce, qui doit se débarrasser au plus vite d''Amy Cahill et de son frère Dan, s''assure de la motivation de ses mercenaires, en leur faisant ingurgiter un poison lent. Il promet de leur donner le remède que s''ils parviennent à tuer les deux Cahill. Ces derniers sont à Tunis pour retrouver du silphium, deuxième ingrédient de l''antidote au sérum élaboré par Olivia Cahill, leur ancêtre. Ils missionnent leurs amis Jake et Atticus auprès de leur père, archéologue réputé, afin d''obtenir des informations sur cette plante disparue depuis des siècles. Mais le professeur Rosenbloom disparaît...

Seventeen-year-old Cardinal has escaped the virus that ravaged his town, leaving its victims alive but without their memories. He chooses to remain in the quarantined zone, caring for a group of orphaned kids in a mountain camp with the help of the former brutal school bully, now transformed by the virus into his best friend. But then a strong-willed and mysterious young woman appears, and the closed-off world Cardinal has created begins to crumble. A thrilling, fast-paced work of speculative fiction for teens, from a bestselling author, Black River Falls is an unforgettable story about survival, identity, and family.

A Nightmare Come True As a member of the most powerful family history has ever known, thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill has been shot at, kidnapped, and even thrown into a pit with a deadly snake. He''s survived it all due to luck, smarts, and his older sister, Amy, who always sticks by his side.Now Dan and Amy are facing their greatest threat yet, an enemy who has found a way to use the source of the Cahill family power against them. To stop him, Dan and Amy must set out on a desperate mission that will take them from one of the world''s hottest regions all the way to the frozen blast of the Arctic Circle. But with the enemy closing in, Dan finds himself facing the one terror he never imagined -- being betrayed by his own sister.

USA TODAY bestselling author Jeff Hirsch once again creates a futuristic world with stunning, dramatic realism. A civil war rages between the Glorious Path--a militant religion based on the teachings of a former US soldier--and what''s left of the US government. Fifteen-year-old Callum Roe and his younger brother, James, were captured and forced to convert six years ago. Cal has been working in the Path''s dog kennels, and is very close to becoming one of the Path''s deadliest secret agents. Then Cal befriends a stray dog named Bear and kills a commander who wants to train him to be a vicious attack dog. This sends Cal and Bear on the run, and sets in motion a series of incredible events that will test Cal''s loyalties and end in a fierce battle that the fate of the entire country rests on.

On one side of the Rift is a technological paradise without famine or want. On the other side is a mystery. Sixteen-year-old Glenn Morgan has lived next to the Rift her entire life and has no idea of what might be on the other side of it. Glenn''s only friend, Kevin, insists the fence holds back a world of monsters and witchcraft, but magic isn''t for Glenn. She has enough problems with reality: Glenn''s mother disappeared when she was six, and soon after, she lost her scientist father to his all-consuming work on the mysterious Project. Glenn buries herself in her studies and dreams about the day she can escape. But when her father''s work leads to his arrest, he gives Glenn a simple metal bracelet that will send Glenn and Kevin on the run---with only one place to go.With MAGISTERIUM, Jeff Hirsch brings us the story of a complex, captivating world that will leave readers breathless until the very last page.

In an America devastated by war and plague, the only way to survive is to keep moving. In the aftermath of a war, America?s landscape has been ravaged and two thirds of the population left dead from a vicious strain of influenza. Fifteen-year-old Stephen Quinn and his family were among the few that survived and became salvagers, roaming the country in search of material to trade for food and other items essential for survival. But when Stephen?s grandfather dies and his father falls into a coma after an accident, Stephen finds his way to Settler?s Landing, a community that seems too good to be true, where there are real houses, barbecues, a school, and even baseball games. Then Stephen meets strong, defiant, mischievous Jenny, who refuses to accept things as they are. And when they play a prank that goes horribly wrong, chaos erupts, and they find themselves in the midst of a battle that will change Settler?s Landing forever.