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y separately published work icon Way down Dark single work   novel   science fiction   young adult  
Is part of The Australian Trilogy James Smythe , 2015 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Way down Dark
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'The first in an extraordinary new YA trilogy by James Smythe, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent.

'There's one truth on Australia: You fight or you die. Usually both.

'Seventeen-year-old Chan's ancestors left a dying Earth hundreds of years ago, in search of a new home. They never found one.

'The only life that Chan's ever known is one of violence, of fighting. Of trying to survive.

'But there might be a way to escape. In order to find it, Chan must head way down into the darkness - a place of buried secrets, long-forgotten lies, and the abandoned bodies of the dead.

'Seventeen-year-old Chan, fiercely independent and self-sufficient, keeps her head down and lives quietly, careful not to draw attention to herself amidst the violence and disorder. Until the day she makes an extraordinary discovery - a way to return the Australia to Earth. But doing so would bring her to the attention of the fanatics and the murderers who control life aboard the ship, putting her and everyone she loves in terrible danger.

'And a safe return to Earth is by no means certain.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Great Britain,: Hodder and Stoughton , 2015 .
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      Extent: 279p.
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      • Published July 2nd 2015
      ISBN: 9781444796322

Works about this Work

Review : Way Down Dark David Johnson , 2015 single work
— Appears in: Good Reading , November 2015; (p. 69)

— Review of Way down Dark James Smythe , 2015 single work novel
Review : Way Down Dark David Johnson , 2015 single work
— Appears in: Good Reading , November 2015; (p. 69)

— Review of Way down Dark James Smythe , 2015 single work novel
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