Francesca Haig Poradie kníh

A heart-rending tale of a family in turmoil after the death of a child is kept secret from one of his siblings.

Set in a post-apocalyptic world, this installment of The Fire Sermon trilogy blends elements of survival and dystopia, reminiscent of The Hunger Games and Cormac McCarthy's The Road. The narrative explores themes of resilience and humanity through richly developed characters and a vividly imagined landscape, showcasing Francesca Haig's poetic storytelling. As the series unfolds, readers are drawn into a gripping tale of struggle and hope amidst desolation.

Book Two in the critically acclaimed Fire Sermon post-apocalyptic trilogy, “with its well-built world, vivid characters and suspenseful plot” ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review), is an exciting and thought-provoking continuation of this epic social commentary written by award-winning poet Francesca Haig. Four hundred years after a nuclear apocalypse, all humans are born in pairs: the Alphas, and their deformed Omega twins, who are ruthlessly oppressed. But despite their claims of superiority, the Alphas cannot escape one harsh fact: Whenever one twin dies, so does the other. Following the events of The Fire Sermon , the Omega resistance has been brutally attacked, its members dead or in hiding. The Alpha Council’s plan for permanently containing the Omegas has begun. But all is not entirely lost: the Council’s seer, the Confessor, is dead, killed by her twin’s sacrifice. Cass is left haunted by visions of the past, while her brother Zach’s cruelty and obsession push her to the edge and threaten to destroy everything she hopes for. As the country moves closer to all-out civil war, Cass will learn that to change the future she will need to uncover the past. But nothing can prepare her for what she discovers: a deeply buried secret that raises the stakes higher than ever before.

BORN AS TWINS RAISED AS ENEMIES BOUND BY DEATH Cass is born a few minutes after her brother, Zach. Both infants are perfect, but only one is a blessing; only one is an Alpha. The other child must be cast out. But with no discernible difference, other than their genders, their parents cannot tell which baby is tainted. Perfect twins. So rare, they are almost a myth. But sooner or later the Omega will slip up. It will eventually show its true self. The polluted cannot help themselves. Then its face can be branded. Then it can be sent away.

O štyristo rokov po jadrovom výbuchu, ktorý zničil civilizáciu aj prírodu, sa stal zo Zeme primitívny svet. Hoci sa radiácia stratila, z neznámeho dôvodu sa rodia iba dvojčatá. Jedno dvojča je vždy alfa – po všetkých stránkach telesne dokonalé; a druhé omega – postihnuté väčšími či menšími deformáciami. Spoločnosti vládne Koncil álf, ktoré si privlastnili to málo zdrojov, čo zostalo na svete, zatiaľ čo omegy odvrhujú a vypaľujú im na čelo značky. Alfy hlásajú svoju nadradenosť, no napriek všemožnému úsiliu nevedia uniknúť pred krutou skutočnosťou: keď zomrie jedno z dvojčiat, zahynie aj druhé. Cass je vzácny typ omegy postihnutej jasnovidectvom. Zatiaľ čo jej brat Zach získa moc v alfskom Koncile, ona sa odváži snívať najnebezpečnejší sen zo všetkých: sen o rovnosti. Za to, že si predstavuje svet, v ktorom by si boli alfy a omegy seberovné, má ju na muške Koncil aj hnutie odporu omeg.