Their greatest threat may very well be each other. Its not even the poachers in the woods, men who are waiting for a chance to grab one of the girls in order to make a fortune on the black market. Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life-a society that doesnt pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that its not just the brutal elements they must fear. But not all of them will make it home alive. Thats why theyre banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. Libba Bray, New York Times bestselling author Survive the year.

Liggetts deeply suspenseful book brilliantly explores the high cost of a misogynistic world that denies women power and does it with a heart-in-your-throat, action-driven story thats equal parts horror-laden fairy tale, survival story, romance, and resistance manifesto. Optioned by Universal and Elizabeth Banks to be a major motion picture! A visceral, darkly haunting fever dream of a novel and an absolute page-turner.

Book Synopsis The Instant New York Times Bestseller! A speculative thriller in the vein of The Handmaids Tale and The Power. About the Book Tierney James, sixteen, struggles to endure the year in which she and other young women are banished to the wild until, purified, the survivors are allowed to return home and marry.

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