Nyxia stars a young black boy from Detroit, Emmett, who is one of ten teens that are a part of a space mission. This book also feels a bit like a mixed hybrid of The Hunger Games, Ender’s Game, The 100, Divergent, but, in my opinion, it does it way better and more realistically and much more emphatically. Babel then wants the children to mine Nyxia, which is the new super resource and is a substance that can create anything. Then, they are sent on a mission to land on a new planet, Eden, where the life forms, Adamites, won’t harm children. Well, Scott Reintgen spins that story backwards, and created a company, Babel, that brings ten teens from all around the world, speaking different languages, from different cultures, and gives them headsets that translate everything for them. God, realizing what they are attempting, scatters them all around the world and makes them all speak different languages, hence our world today. Basically, after the Great Flood happened, a bunch of people came together and agreed to build a tower that would touch Heaven itself.

Growing up, you guys might have learned about the story of Tower of Babel as a lesson about why we speak so many different languages. This book is the YA Sci-Fi book I’ve been waiting for my entire life. I can’t wait for everyone to be able to read this in September when it releases. This is easily one of the best books I’ve read all year. They don’t tell you that hurt travels at light-speed too.” “But they don’t tell you the pain comes with you. “ The 100 meets Illuminae in this high-octane sci-fi thriller.ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. And Emmett will face the ultimate choice: win the fortune at any cost, or find a way to fight that won’t forever compromise what it means to be human.

Now each recruit must earn the right to travel down to the planet of Eden-a planet that Babel has kept hidden-where they will mine a substance called Nyxia that has quietly become the most valuable material in the universe.īut Babel’s ship is full of secrets. Why the Babel Corporation recruited him is a mystery, but the number of zeroes on their contract has him boarding their lightship and hoping to return to Earth with enough money to take care of his family.īefore long, Emmett discovers that he is one of ten recruits, all of whom have troubled pasts and are a long way from home.

What would you be willing to risk for a lifetime of fortune?Įmmett Atwater isn’t just leaving Detroit he’s leaving Earth. “A high-octane thriller . Nyxia grabs you from the first line and never lets go.” -Marie Lu, #1 New York Times bestselling author of WarcrossĮvery life has a price in this sci-fi thriller-the first in a trilogy-that has the nonstop action of The Maze Runner and the high-stakes space setting of Illuminae.

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