Cathedrals of Glass, A.J. Hartley
Cathedrals of Glass, A.J. Hartley
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Cathedrals of Glass
A Planet of Blood and Ice

Author: A.J. Hartley

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller

Unabridged: 10 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/16/2017


Synopsis

Ten teenagers broke behavioral law. Sentenced to be reeducated on the moon of Jerem, they were placed in stasis on the automated ship Phetteron for their six day journey. They never reached their destination.

Thrown off course by a computer malfunction, the Phetteron is damaged in an asteroid belt and crash lands on the uninhabited ice planet of Valkrys. Having spent their lives in temperature controlled environments, consuming nutrient supplements, and interacting with people mostly through the infonet, the teens are unprepared to depend on each other to face the harsh, hostile, and hellish landscape. Home will send a rescue party long before their meager supplies run out.

Sola was a roamer. She wandered the city after curfew, reveling in the freedom of being disconnected from the techgrid and embracing the joy of physical activity. For those actions, Home declared her deviant. But on Valkrys, her deviance is an asset that may be the teens' only hope for survival.

As Sola explores their strange new world, she discovers that she and her shipmates are linked by something more frightening than their subversive behaviors—and uncovers a truth about the planet the authorities at Home wanted buried.

About A.J. Hartley

A. J. Hartley is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of books in a variety of genres, including mystery, fantasy, historical fiction, and young adult novels. As an English major at Manchester University, he took extra classes in Egyptology and got a job working on a Bronze Age site just outside Jerusalem. Since then, life has taken him to many places around the world, and though he always leaned more towards the literary than to the strictly historical, his fascination with the past continues unabated. He has an MA and PhD in English literature from Boston University, and he is the Russell Robinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and works as a scholar, screenwriter, dramaturg, and theater director.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris

"Deviance is unattractive and jeopardizes all we hold dear Prett good, ok, a bit weak and generic in places, but interesting enough..........more

Goodreads review by Ben

Cathedrals of Glass: A Planet of Blood and Ice is a well-crafted young adult scifi thriller by AJ Hartley, who is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. In this novel he presents a dystopian future where almost all human interaction takes place virtually and citizens are expected to comply wit......more

Pas ma tasse de thé ! c'est un mixte de déjà lu (groupe de jeunes "déviants" isolés, ET aux pouvoirs psy réduisant leur hôte en zombie, méchant gouvernement où tout ce qui n'est pas norme est dangereux et nocif ... ) En plus, j'ai du mal à croire qu'une jeune ado soit transformée en "super woman" dè......more

Goodreads review by Angela

4.5 STARS! Once I started this book I could not put it down. It's one of those books where you tell yourself "just one more chapter" and 20 chapters later you're telling yourself the same thing. I was instantly transported to Valkrys with the 10. I was the invisible 11th member, captivated by their e......more