The Deadlands: Hunted, Hardcover

Wings of Fire meets Jurassic Park in this action-adventure middle grade debut series about five outcasts--and former enemies--who are the only hope to save their warring kingdoms from impending doom. My favorite middle grade book of the year." --New York Times-bestselling author Amie Kaufman Battle rages between the dinosaur kingdoms of Cretacea. When the Fallen Star struck, it brought death and despair, ash and toxic rain. But some dinosaurs survived . . . and were changed. Their minds grew alert. They learned to speak. To dream. To wage war. As the two remaining dinosaur kingdoms fight for territory, Eleri, the disgraced son of a prince, is exiled from his home for saving an enemy soldier. Banished to the merciless Deadlands, a terrifying desert full of tar pits, poisonous gas, and ruthless carnivores, he must join forces with a group of questionable allies--including the enemy soldier he saved--to avoid becoming prey. When Eleri and his fellow exiles discover the horrific truth behind the war, the unlikely heroes must do all they can to save their kingdoms from a lurking predator. . . and a secret plot that might destroy them all.

Skye Melki-Wegner started writing as soon as she could hold a pen. She was immediately drawn to fantasy--and soon her notebooks overflowed with dragons, pixies, and wizards. After graduating with an honors degree in law, she traded in practicing law for writing fantasy novels. Her first middle-grade trilogy, The Deadlands, draws inspiration from her time working in a museum (where some of her colleagues were dinosaurs).

• Collection: Deadlands
• Dimensions: 210 x 137
• Author: Skye Melki-Wegner
• Cover type: Hardcover
• Publishing Year: 2023
• Publishing Month: 4
• Pages: 304
• Language: English
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Weight: 454 g