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Oct 1, 2024 8:38 PM

Author:Jennifer Bosworth

Struck

Mia Price is a lightning addict. She's survived countless strikes, but her craving to connect to the energy in storms endangers her life and the lives of those around her.

Los Angeles, where lightning rarely strikes, is one of the few places Mia feels safe from her addiction. But when an earthquake devastates the city, her haven is transformed into a minefield of chaos and danger. The beaches become massive tent cities. Downtown is a crumbling wasteland, where a traveling party moves to a different empty building each night, the revelers drawn to the destruction by a force they cannot deny. Two warring cults rise to power, and both see Mia as the key to their opposing doomsday prophecies. They believe she has a connection to the freak electrical storm that caused the quake, and to the far more devastating storm that is yet to come.

Mia wants to trust the enigmatic and alluring Jeremy when he promises to protect her, but she fears he isn't who he claims to be. In the end, the passion and power that brought them together could be their downfall. When the final disaster strikes, Mia must risk unleashing the full horror of her strength to save the people she loves, or lose everything.

Reviews

A fascinating, action-packed read . . . A promising start to a refreshing post-apocalyptic series

—— Farhana Chowdhury , BookChowDown

The Jack Stalwart books have been a great weapon in the bookseller's armoury for hooking reluctant readers. Now re-launched, they are set to reach a much wider audience of young readers who want a piece of the secret-agent action

—— Sarah Moore , Publishing News

This series is the 'must read' of the summer. The books' travel-based themes also make them ideal for holiday reading

—— Jacob Hope , Achuka

It is an exciting drama with a thrilling climax

—— Education Otherwise

A gritty, intense story full of pent-up emotion, fear and an overarching sense of something ominous and out of reach.

—— School Librarian

A story of family life at its funniest, packed with schoolboy humour

—— Newham Recorder

Hillarious

—— Yorkshire Evening Post

I think this book is the funniest book I've ever read!

—— Evan Jones , South Wales Argus

This book really makes you giggle

—— Brandon Nichols , School Review
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