Never Forgotten (Collective #3)by Stacey Nash
Published by: HarperCollins
Publication date: September 1st 2015
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
Synopsis:
Continuing on from Forget Me Not and Remember Me, this is the thrilling third novel in Stacey Nash’s unforgettable series.
Since the strike on Collective territory during Anamae’s rescue, things have taken a turn for the worse. Unprovoked attacks on innocent people have Anamae and her friends fighting day and night to minimize the damage. With hundreds of lives lost, morale amongst the resistance fighters has plummeted. But that’s the least of her worries.
Manvyke still has Anamae’s mom, Annie, secreted away somewhere and after the way they parted, Anamae worries it’s not at her mother’s bidding. Maybe Annie’s disappearance all those years ago wasn’t her choice. But with Manvyke scouring the world, there’s something far more pressing than the need to find Anamae’s mother …
It’s a fight against time to find the other keys before Manvyke. In his hands, the three relics could unlock enough power to reek a much worse havoc than the current issues at hand. If the councillor gets his hands on those keys, civilization will bow down.
THE RACE IS ON.
This is my life now.
The same every day. Well, almost every day. Today, it’s
Wednesday. Wednesdays and Saturdays are different.
On those days, he comes.
I look from the door
to the window and back again. My whole body tense with the anticipation of him
and the show I’ll have to put on. The show that I don’t care. That I’m strong.
I’m unflinching, when on the inside I’m absolutely not.
The pale walls—a creamy-dirty
pink—are a reflection of my constant mood: dull, monotonous. But I have no
regrets. I’d do it all again.
Anything to save
them.
Click, click, thwack.
The round lock at the top of the door flicks open first, followed by each one
below. The brass, chrome, and silver knobs rotate quickly and snap to the
unlocked position: all from the other side of the door. It’s not possible to
unlock them from the inside. I should know; I’ve tried a hundred times over.
I take the two
generous steps from my place by the window to the red suede couch and sink into
it, lying back with arms roped across my chest, my eyes closed.
The door creaks open.
My heart accelerates,
and not in the way it might at seeing a loved one, but in the nervous
anticipation of an enemy about to walk into my life.
Like he does twice a
week.
Silence hangs in the
air for several moments while I breathe slowly—pretending to sleep. I’m not
playing his game today.
Writing for the young and new adult market, Stacey's books are all adventure filled stories with a lot of adventure, a good dose of danger, a smattering of romance, and plenty of KISSING! Hailing from the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, she loves nothing more than immersing herself in the beauty and culture of the local area.
Author of the Collective Series; Forget Me Not and Remember Me. And Oxley College Saga; Shh! and Wait!
