The Legacy

by Gemma Malley

Overview

What happens when a drug that promises eternal life turns out to have an expiration date?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781599907086
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	01/04/2011
Series:	Declaration
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	441 KB
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Gemma Malley studied philosophy at Reading University before working as a journalist. She is the author of The Declaration, The Resistance, and the stand-alone novel The Returners. She lives in London with her family.

Editorial Reviews

This conclusion to the trilogy that began with Declaration (2007) carries two simple lessons: "Richard Pincent was the most evil man in the whole world" and "a world full of old people completely sucked." The immortality drug Longevity might no longer be working. Though the dastardly Richard Pincent, owner of Longevity, spreads wild tales about Underground terrorists poisoning the Longevity supply, teenage revolutionaries (and Richard's grandsons) Peter and Jude know it's not true. But certainly something is killing Legal people, despite the drug that should be keeping them safe in their placid, middle-class boredom. Perhaps they rely too much on wicked medicine and not enough on Nature's own beautiful circle of life? Peter and Jude frantically attempt to prove their heroism, but events are far beyond their control. Ironically, it's not the young heroes but the generation of those who "outstay their welcome" who will bring about the new Eden: a nearly depopulated, post-pandemic, technophobic farming world. Any subtlety the earlier books may have enjoyed is lost in what is now a straightforward thriller. (Science fiction. 11-13)

Kirkus Reviews