Marissa Mayer: "The Lunar Chronicles"
Marissa Mayer is a new name in the literature of the genreYang-edalta. In her books in a tight tangle of love lines, detective kneading, adventure and humor. This is a fairy tale, but told in a new way. Someone thinks that only teenagers can read books, but in them everyone who still believes in magic will be able to find something for themselves.
about the author
When Marissa Mayer was born, her parents did not evencould assume that the daughter will become a famous writer. Although, becoming older, the girl fell in love reading. Marissa has always been interested in literature, so she associated her future with her by enrolling in the Pacific Lutheran University and choosing the specialty Literary Creativity. After receiving the diploma, Marissa worked as an editor for a long time, and devoted free minutes to a hobby - a fan-fikshna on the popular anime about the moon girl Sailor Moon. Perhaps, it was the passion for this anime that, to some extent, determined the path of Marissa.
In 2012, the first novel by the beginning author, Cyberstar, came out, which brought him worldwide fame.
"Lunar Chronicles," the first book: "Cyber Sun"
Distant future. She lived with her stepmother and half-sisters, Zola Lin - a pretty dirty girl with golden hands, the best mechanic in all of New Beijing. Not attracted attention, but her modest little shop could easily find everyone who needed a good specialist. And one day, in the hope of fixing a home robot, the Crown Prince Caius himself came to her. Of course, handsome with a good heart, a sense of humor and other set of charismatic hero. The only "but" - the prince can not stand cyborgs. "So what?" - you will say. Yes, at first glance it's not scary. But Zola is a half-cyborg.
What awaits the main characters? Will they be able to overcome their own phobias and doubts? Understand not only with the spiteful stepmother, who can easily pass the Zola to the experiments in a special laboratory, but also with the queen of the Moon, Levanoy, who dreams of marrying Kai and threatening the war in case of the Prince's refusal?
"Lunar chronicles: Little Red Riding Hood"
Marissa Mayer, cutting off the first book, as befits any decent author, at the most interesting and tragic place, continues to twist the story in the second part.
This time, she tells readers the storythe life of the beautiful Scarlet, living with her grandmother in a small town and engaged in breeding bees and growing vegetables. Nothing special happened in the life of the heroine. But a quiet and measured life was violated by the loss of his beloved granny. The authorities are not going to look for the old woman, believing that she decided to go on a pilgrimage. The usual thing, get bored and come back. If he wants to. But Scarlet is convinced that not everything is so simple and thinks about abduction. To understand the situation, she has to contact the street fighter Wolf - the same type. But it is not necessary to choose: only he alone takes seriously the fears of Scarlet and is ready to help.
And what about Cinderella, that is, Zola Lin? No, Marissa Mayer did not forget about her. Escaping from imprisonment with the help of a brave pilot (albeit retired) Thorne, she decides to sit out on Earth. The girl needs a breather and time to deal with her own life and understand how to proceed.
The destinies of all the characters are closely intertwined, they have one common and insidious enemy who is not going to calm down.
"Lunar chronicles: Rapunzel"
In the third book, the action is transferred toorbiting station, revolving around the moon. She is imprisoned by Kress. Completely isolated from communication with the outside world for seven years, the girl masterfully learned how to work with programs and became an unsurpassed hacker. What is very beneficial to Queen Levan: so she tracks the movement of the rebel Zola. But reincarnation Rapunzel is far from a stupid girl and has her own ideas about life. She makes contact with Cinderella and begins to help her, tangling her tracks.
Ash and her team (Scarlet and the Wolf, Captain Thorne)work on a plan to overthrow the evil Moon Queen and prevent her army from invading Earth. Because of this, they are forced to constantly be on the run and hide. After communication with Kress, the guys understand that they can not cope without her help, and they decide to release the hostage of the orbital station. But the carefully verified plan fails. Cress with Captain Thorne are on Earth, in the Sahara Desert.
Readers are waiting for a new romantic line and incredible, full of dangers of adventure. After all, Queen Levan will also not sit idly by knowing perfectly who is behind all this.
"Lunar chronicles: Snow White"
"Lunar chronicles" continues to Marissa Mayer. Books are read in one breath. The fourth part of the cycle has already been written and published, but has not yet been translated into Russian, and when this happens it is not known. So you can read it only in the original language.
Marissa Mayer introduces readers to the new heroine- Winter, the stepdaughter of Queen Levan. The girl has a marvelous beauty, surpassing even the famous charm of the Moon Queen. Her stepmother thinks Winter is naive and narrow-minded, which is really not the case. The girl despises Levan and can not forgive her that she does not allow her to communicate with a childhood friend. Circumstances confront her with Ash, and the girl decides to support the brave Cinderella and help stop the war.
Instead of an afterword
When Marissa Mayer was born, the world read othersfairy tales. But new times require new heroes: courageous, courageous, ready to fight for their own happiness, not hoping for beautiful princes. The cycle "Lunar Chronicles" gave readers such heroes, preserving faith in magic and justice.
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