But as they both take center stage in the fight, Raven must decide whether the dangers of the revolution are worth risking her dreams of a peaceful life with Tack.Īs her story hurtles back and forth between past and present, Raven transforms from a scared girl newly arrived in the Wilds to the tough leader who helps Lena save former Deliria-Free poster boy Julian Fineman from a death sentence. Now she and Tack are inseparable, committed to each other, the fledgling rebellion, and a future together. The only other newcomer is an untrustworthy boy known as the Thief until he finally earns himself a new name: Tack. When she and the baby are taken in by a band of rebels, Raven finds herself an outsider within a tight-knit group. Through chapters that alternate between her past and present, Annabel reveals the story behind her failed cures, her marriage, the births of her children, her imprisonment, and, ultimately, her daring escape.Īs a teenager, Raven made the split-second decision to flee across the border to the Wilds, compelled to save an abandoned newborn-a baby girl left for dead and already blue from the cold. Fast forward to the present, and Annabel is consigned to a dirty prison cell, where she nurtures her hope of escape and scratches one word over and over into the walls: Love.īut Annabel, like Lena, is a fighter. The world was different then-the regulations not as stringent, the cure only a decade old. As a rebellious teenager, Annabel ran away from home and straight into the man she knew she was destined to marry. That's the lie that Lena grew up believing, but the truth is very different.

Lena Halloway's mother, Annabel, supposedly committed suicide when Lena was only six years old. Discover her secrets in Lauren Oliver's brilliant original digital story set in the world of New York Times bestsellers Delirium and Pandemonium. Lena's mother, Annabel, has always been a mystery-a ghost in Lena's past.

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