{"product_id":"2940153698427","title":"Binarius","description":"\u003cp\u003eBINARIUS, A TALE OF VICTIM AND\u003cbr\u003ePERPETRATOR, AND THOSE WHO INEVITABLY -- ARE BOTH.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomewhere beneath, within, outside the timelines of the cosmos, a planet has been tactically infected with poison.\u003cbr\u003eFor this reason, Firinne lives with constant anxiety.\u003cbr\u003eShe remembers a time when she was normal;\u003cbr\u003ebefore The Blacken came.\u003cbr\u003eSeemingly overnight, she is faced with betrayal,\u003cbr\u003eforcing her to abandon Citrine.\u003cbr\u003eWhat she finds is a world gone mad.\u003cbr\u003eHunted by her betrayer and packs of mechanical creatures — she finds a ruin that lights up the sky, and an electric orphan who hides in the shadows.\u003cbr\u003eTogether, they discover a prophecy that could ensure the survival of their planet — if they can manage to stay alive.\u003cbr\u003eThe end of The Blacken might be near, but sometimes endings are disguised as new beginnings --\u003cbr\u003eand some endings last forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Kendra McMahan eases readers into a unique and well-developed world where\u003cbr\u003edarkness, as a concept, seizes our fear and hatred, rendering us trapped by our own\u003cbr\u003eshadows. The vocabulary of McMahan’s world is impeccable - not the disjointed\u003cbr\u003ejamming together of apostrophes and consonants that make fantasy, sometimes,\u003cbr\u003edifficult to read. She provides us with a strong willed narrator up against the physical\u003cbr\u003emanifestations of an idea, and draws us in with wonder as she describes the\u003cbr\u003euniverse her protagonist, Firrine, inhabits.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The author delivers this story with such a passion, as if it were her own. You cannot\u003cbr\u003ehelp but feel compassion for the heroine and severe dislike for her oppressors. It’s\u003cbr\u003elovely to read a book that puts importance on greater causes like preservation, home,\u003cbr\u003ehearth, family and survival as opposed to on something like fickle relationships. It\u003cbr\u003eis nice to see that this author is continuing the growing trend of strong women with\u003cbr\u003estrong minds. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am excited to see how the story\u003cbr\u003eevolves. I would definitely recommend this as a read!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Anyone who has stepped into other dystopian world’s of the YA nature know how\u003cbr\u003etricky life can get for these young heroes. Or in this case, our heroine, Firinne, young\u003cbr\u003eand naive, but full of hope.There are many underlying issues in this book, and in\u003cbr\u003eorder to avoid any spoilers I’ll refrain from bringing them up in this review.However,\u003cbr\u003ethis author did an amazing job in getting me hooked to Fia and hearing the story of\u003cbr\u003eThe Blacken. While the cliffhanger was brutal, it’s a promise that something is just\u003cbr\u003earound the corner for this noble girl fighting to save more than just her own life.A\u003cbr\u003emust read if you fancy Rowling, Riggs, or even Collins.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The series (so far?) is imaginative and compelling, truly original. But it’s not so far\u003cbr\u003e‘out there’ as to be un-relatable. The intelligent reader will see that it’s not so much\u003cbr\u003eof a leap from things as they are now in the world to things as they WILL BE if we\u003cbr\u003edon’t wake up. This is written for the current generation, the generation that must\u003cbr\u003etake on the big issues: Capitalism, Indigenous Peoples’ rights, and environmental\u003cbr\u003edegradation.\u003cbr\u003eOh, and any sensitive reader will fall in love with the characters. They are multilayered\u003cbr\u003eand multi-dimensional in their strengths and their flaws.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kendra McMahan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103425839344,"sku":"2940153698427","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940153698427_p0.jpg?v=1764054565","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940153698427","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}