The light at the bottom of the world : Light the abyss. 1 / London Shah.
Teenaged Leyla McQueen, who lives beneath the ruins of a submerged London in 2099, joins a prestigious submersible race in the hope of clearing her father's name before encountering government corruption and a hidden world.
Great Britain, the last days of the twenty-first century. Sea creatures swim among the ruins of Big Ben and the Tower of London, and citizens waver between fear and hope; fear of what lurks in the abyss, and hope that humanity will soon discover a way to reclaim the Earth. Leyla McQueen is chosen to participate in the London Submersible Marathon, she sees is an opportunity to save her father, who has been arrested on false charges. When the race takes an unexpected turn, Leyla will have to defy a corrupt government, deal with a hotheaded companion, and risk capture-- or worse.
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- ISBN: 9781368036887
- ISBN: 1368036880
- Physical Description: 311 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Los Angeles : Hyperion, 2019.
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General Note: | Series information from Goodreads.com. |
Awards Note: | American Library Association Best Fiction for YA 01/2020. |
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Genre: | Young adult fiction. Juvenile works. Dystopian fiction. Fiction. Science fiction. Young adult works. Science fiction. Dystopian fiction. Science fiction. Fantasy fiction. |
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London Shah is a British-born Muslim of Pashtun ethnicity. She has lived in Britain's capital for most of her life, via England's beautiful North. When she's not busy re-imagining the past, plotting an alternate present or dreaming up a surreal future, she's most likely drinking copious amounts of tea, eating allthe sweets and cakes, strolling through Richmond Park or along the Thames, getting lost on an evening in the city's older, darker alleyways-preferably just after it's rained-listening to punk rock, or losing herself in a fab SFF book or film.