'Bea and the other humans, who have escaped the clutches of the city, are set to survive in the forest. But those infected with dead ink are cursed with sickness, and the lack of food, water and supplies are a danger to everyone. Bea’s also mourns the loss of Red, who died during the attack on the TellMe tower when the Elders were killed.
'However, the Erebii are not done. They seek revenge. In their search for the Whisper, they kidnap Bea’s sister and her baby from their camp and kill the last Donohue, while others escape further into the forest.
'There is a glimmer of hope when Bea comes across the Wildborns, humans who have survived outside the control of the Erebii city for generations. Leo and Trudy vow to help her rescue Joy, but for the price of allowing scientist Matthias to perform experiments on her blood, which clearly has some sort of power against the Erebii ink.
'There is someone else hunting the human survivors too … a fourth Elder who is manipulating and threatening Bea and her family.
When Bea encounters her childhood friend, Gus, and discovers that Red is still alive, she journeys back to the ruins of the city to search for him. Danger is waiting, and it’s soon clear that no one is truly who they say they are – even Bea.
'The countdown to the Erebii destroying the earth has begun. Can Bea save those who have been left behind?
Unwanted
Melbourne
:
Penguin Books
,
2014
7336111
2014
single work
novel
young adult
fantasy
'All her life, eighteen-year-old Bea has wanted nothing more than to become a sniper on the wall and earn the coveted ink of a Dread warrior - a mark of distinction among her people.
'She knows that one day the terrifying Erebii might break through the city's outer defences, and if her people aren't prepared and the wall is breached then the last human city will fall.
'But everything Bea thinks she knows is about to be challenged...
'What does the ink really do as it flows underneath their skin and who is the mysterious Unwanted boy that keeps appearing in her life?' (Publication summary)
