The Lunar Chronicles
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Cover of the first book in the series, Cinder
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| Author | Marissa Meyer |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy, young adult fiction, romance, science fiction, dystopian |
| Publisher | Feiwel & Friends |
| Published | 2012 - 2015 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book |
| No. of books | 4 |
| Website | http://thelunarchronicles.com/ |
The Lunar Chronicles is a tetralogy of young adult fantasy novels written by American author Marissa Meyer. Each book entails a new take on an old fairy tale, including Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Snow White. The story takes place in a futuristic world where humans, cyborgs, androids, and a race of moon colonists all coexist.
Linh Cinder (based on Cinderella), a cyborg living with her step mother and her two stepsisters, works as a mechanic in a booth at the market place, where she meets Prince Kai, who requests her to fix his personal android. After someone important to Cinder comes into contact with the plague, she is forcibly volunteered for cure testing. As a result, a lot of previously unknown things regarding Cinder's origins surface. At the same time, tensions between Earth and Luna are rising with Prince Kai in the middle of that and his and Cinders ever un-known love story.
Scarlet Benoit (based on Little Red Riding Hood) is the granddaughter of Michelle Benoit, a farmer and former military pilot who has suddenly disappeared. On Scarlet's journey to find her grandmother, she works hesitantly with a street fighter named Wolf to find her grandmother. Unfortunately, as Scarlet's trust for Wolf grows, his old lunar gang puts them in unusual circumstances, testing Wolf's loyalties. Deeper connections surface as the gang's malicious intent is finally exposed. As the search continues, Scarlet meets Cinder and becomes an ally in her plan to stop Queen Levana's tyranny.
Crescent Moon, or 'Cress' Darnel (based on Rapunzel), is an imprisoned shell, working with Sybil to help Lunar ships. Living alone on a satellite and harboring an enormous crush on Carswell Thorne, she secretly works to sabotage the wicked Lunar queen and eventually becomes entangled in Cinder's plot to save Earth. As complications arise and the crew is separated, they must do everything they can to prevent a royal wedding putting Earth into Queen Levana's hands. And all the while, the plague has begun to mutate and even the Lunars are not safe.
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