Book : Attack On Titan Garrison Girl A Novel - Aaron, Rachel

-Titulo Original : Attack On Titan Garrison Girl A Novel

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Quirk Books

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“An engaging, thrilling, and deeply personal story . . . if you are a fan of either Attack on Titan or Rachel Aaron . . . you need to read this book.”-Geeks of Doom Get ready for the final season of Attack on Titan! Battle titans, defend Wall Rose, and fall in love in this original YA novel set in the world of the hit anime and manga series, Attack on Titan! When the last vestige of the human race is threatened by unstoppable carnivorous giants, a brave young woman decides to defy her wealthy family and join the military garrison to battle humanity’s enemies. But Rosalie Dumarque soon finds that her dream of escaping the protection of Wall Rose not only leads to bloody sword fights with monsters, but exposes her to other dangers. Can she earn the trust of her fellow soldiers, stand up to a corrupt authority, navigate a forbidden romance . . . and cut her way out of a titan’s throat? Review “An engaging, thrilling, and deeply personal story . . . if you are a fan of either Attack on Titan or Rachel Aaron . . . you need to read this book.”- Geeks of Doom “Set in the world of Hajime Isayamas popular manga series Attack on Titan, this action-packed fantasy will appeal to existing fans and newcomers alike.”- Booklist “Exciting and sometimes gruesome . . . A great page-turner for fans of the Attack on Titan series, as well as any readers who enjoy fantasy, suspense, horror, and kick-ass heroines.”- School Library Journal “A good introduction to Attack on Titan for those new to this dark, terrifying, yet utterly fascinating saga.”- Midwest Book Review “It’s a really enjoyable book. The writing is crisp, and...often vivid. The action scenes only improve as the book goes on...with moments that Isayama himself might envy.- All the Anime “For teens who want the female protagonist to kick ass more than kiss.”- Kirkus Reviews About the Author Rachel Aaron is the author of fourteen fantasy and science-fiction novels, including The Legend of Eli Monpress, Nice Dragons Finish Last and the rest of the Heartstrikers series, and the Paradox trilogy ( Fortune’s Pawn, Honor’s Knight, and Heaven’s Queen). Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. On a clear day, from the top of her house, Rosalie Dumarque could see all that was left of the human world. Standing on the peaked roof of the colossal Dumarque Manor, which was itself perched atop one of the tallest hills in the district, she could look right over the fifty-meter-high circle of Wall Sina into the terrain beyond. This early in the morning, the towns and fields of the Rose Zone were still hazy with the autumn fog, but if she squinted, Rosalie could just make out the white ribbon of Wall Rose running along the horizon, 130 kilometers away. The sight never failed to make her stomach tighten. More than a marvel of engineering, Wall Rose was a boundary. The fifty-meter-tall circle of stone marked the edge of human civilization, the end of the world. It hadn’t always been this way. For most of her childhood, the end of the world had been at Wall Maria, nearly twice as far away. Growing up, Rosalie had considered the walls a default component of reality, like the sky or the ground. They were always there, the unbreakable barrier that shielded everything she knew from the monsters that stalked the wilderness beyond. Then, five years ago, the monsters had broken through. In a single day, the land left to humanity was diminished by a third. With Wall Maria broken, all territory between it and Wall Rose-all the cities and farms and forests in the Maria Zone-was now the domain of titans, not humans. Rosalie’s personal world was even smaller. She’d never been allowed outside Wall Sina, the heavily fortified inner ring that protected the king and all the noble families. She failed to see much difference; big or small, a prison was a prison. So long as titans existed, the world would a