![]() ![]() # of Books: 4 (Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, Winter) SERIESous’ Top Picks: Favourite Series 2015 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. Three years later, Channary died.Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below: As her first act as the new queen, Channary enacted the shell infanticide laws stating that any Lunars born as shells were to be promptly disposed of in order to protect the sanctity of their society. In the 108th year of the third era, a shell managed to infiltrate a royal party and murder the king and queen-leaving their two daughters, Channary and Levana, the only recognized descendents of the royal bloodline. ![]() As shells cannot be brainwashed or controlled, they became a target of abuse and hatred. Lunars born with this mutation were called “shells,” a derogative term referring to how they were “empty” of the gift. Then, due to a process called hormesis, another genetic mutation began to develop within society as well: a mutation that resulted in one’s inability to output or receive electromagnetic stimulation from others. Of course, any scientist who suggested otherwise was promptly executed. This superstition was encouraged by the royal family and royal scientists even proved its validity in multiple government-funded studies. This is about the time that distrust began to spring up between the hitherto allied Earth and Luna, as Earthens grew suspicious of the ease with which Blackburn was able to change the country’s political structure.įor a few generations, the royal bloodline was the only bloodline that included the Lunar gene, but due to Luna’s miniscule population, the royal family’s notorious promiscuity and an abundance of illegitimate children, and the oppression of those without the gift, the Lunar gene became more common with each generation and eventually became dominant within the society.ĭespite the growing mind-control powers of the lower classes, there persisted a common belief that Lunars would lose their gift if a person of royal bloodline wasn't on the throne. (Note: This is plausible in theory and some government agencies are even suspect of experimenting with bioelectricity for the purpose of brainwashing.)īlackburn was able to use his unique gift to convince the people of Luna to elect him as leader and it wasn't long before he turned the republic into a monarchy. This DNA damage developed into what is known as the Lunar gene, a mutation that enabled him to output and control bioelectricity in order to implant thoughts into other people’s heads. As a child, his DNA was damaged by the prolonged exposure to ionizing radiation from cosmic rays. The first true Lunar was a man named Cyprus Blackburn. After about sixty years of existing as a jumbled colony of numerous Earthen countries and cultures, the colony was recognized as its own nation: Luna, a republic. But as I know many readers will be curious (just as I was curious!) about them, here is my abridged history of Luna.Ĭenturies prior to the start of Cinder, the moon was colonized by a small group of researchers from many different countries in order to further space research and exploration. ![]() And there are a lot of elements of the story that have survived-a girl oppressed by her stepmother, a fancy ball, a handsome prince.īut I also took a lot of creative license with the tale: Cinder is set in the far future, my main character is a cyborg, and there’s a deadly plague sweeping the planet.Īnd then there are the Lunars-an evolved society of humans that live on the moon and have powers of mind-control and manipulation.Īlthough the Lunars and their evil queen have existed in the story since its earliest draft, it took me awhile to figure out just who they were, how they came to live on the moon, and how they developed these creepy mind-control powers. It’s true that Cinder, my debut novel, is a take on the classic “Cinderella” story. ![]()
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