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| The Midnight Star | |
| Attribution | |
| Author | Marie Lu |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Putnam Books for Young Readers |
| Release date | October 11th 2016 |
| Pages | 314 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Rose Society |
| Followed by | N/A |
The Midnight Star is the third and final book in The Young Elites trilogy by Marie Lu.
Synopsis
There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen.
Adelina Amouteru is done suffering. She’s turned her back on those who have betrayed her and achieved the ultimate revenge: victory. Her reign as the White Wolf has been a triumphant one, but with each conquest her cruelty only grows. The darkness within her has begun to spiral out of control, threatening to destroy all that she’s achieved.
Adelina’s forced to revisit old wounds when a new danger appears, putting not only Adelina at risk, but every Elite and the very world they live in. In order to save herself and preserve her empire, Adelina and her Roses must join the Daggers on a perilous quest—though this uneasy alliance may prove to be the real danger.
Characters
- The Rose Society
- The Dagger Society
- Maeve Corrigan
- Teren Santoro
The Midnight Star (folktale)
The tale is told by royalty and vagabonds alike, nobles and peasants, hunters and farmers, the old and the young. The tale comes from every corner of the world, but no matter where it is told, it is always the same story
A boy on horseback, wandering at night, in the woods or on the plains or along the shores. The sound of a lute drifts in the evening air. Overhead are the stars of a clear sky, a sheet of light so bright that he reaches up, trying to touch them. He stops and descends from his horse. Then he waits. He waits until exactly midnight, when the newest constellation in the sky blinks to existence.
If you are very quiet and do not look away, you may see the brightest star in the constellation grow steadily brighter. It brightens until it overwhelms every other star in the sky, brightens until it seems to touch the ground, and then the glow is gone, and in its place is a girl.
Her hair and lashes are painted in shifting silver, and a scar crosses one side of her face. She is dressed in Sealand silks and a necklace of sapphire. Some say, that once upon a time, she had a prince, a father, a society of friends. Others say that she was once a wicked queen, a worker of illusions, a girl who brought darkness across the lands. Still others say that she once had a sister, and that she loved dearly. Perhaps all of these are true
She walks to the boy, tilts her head up at him and smiles. He bends down to kiss her. Then he helps her onto the horse, and she rides with him to a faraway place, until they can no longer be seen.
These are only rumors, of course, and make a little more than a story to tell around the fire. But it is told. And thus they live on.
This story was contained at the end of the book. It is romored that the characters are Adelina and Magiano yet in the story it is not confirmed in the story. Viletta Amouteru, who is Adelina's sister, made a deal to her goddess.