Her life takes a fortunate yet dangerous turn when she draws the attention of a Kai, a prince whose affections for Cinder eventually put his kingdom and the world at large in jeopardy. A cyborg that lives in the Eastern Commonwealth, Cinder spends her days tolerating the abuse of her cruel stepmother and stepsisters. The name was designed to highlight the fact that they were no longer quite human, what with their ability to control the bio-electricity of the people around them.Ĭinder, the protagonist of the first novel, is essentially Cinderella. Those individuals that eventually came to call the moon home were labeled Lunars. Most of the countries of the world reorganized and restructured to form alliances, empires, and kingdoms. Earth isn’t quite what audiences remember.

The world to which Cinder takes readers is alien and futuristic. She wanted to rework them into an entirely new story, one that would adopt the concepts of the original fairy tales and then augment them with a science fiction façade. With high-stakes action and a smart, resourceful heroine, Cinder is a Cinderella retelling that is at once classic and strikingly original.Some readers were skeptical because various authors had attempted the same feat on multiple occasions.īut Cinder, the first novel in the Lunar Chronicles series, immediately proved that the author wasn’t just out to tweak the classic fairy tales. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl.Ĭinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. 'Prince Charming among the cyborgs.' - The Wall Street Journal a cross between Cinderella, Terminator, and Star Wars.' - Entertainment Weekly

'An interesting mash up of fairy tales and science fiction. The first book in the #1 New York Times- and USA Today-Bestselling Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer like you’ve never seen it before, now with new cover art! See where the futuristic YA fairytale saga all began, with the tale of a teenage cyborg who must fight for Earth's survival against villains from outer space.

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