The Resistance (Underground #2)

Author(s): Gemma Malley

Fantasy

The year is 2140. Peter and Anna are now living on the Outside as Legals. Impatient to see action as an agent in the Underground, Peter is tasked by Pip, its charismatic leader, to infiltrate Pincent Pharma Corporation and find out what's going on in the secret Longevity programme. Peter must feign a reconciliation and win the trust of his grandfather, Richard Pincent, one of the most powerful men on the planet, whose company, Pincent Pharma, is chasing the holy grail of modern science - a drug which will reverse ageing and make people look young again. But his grandfather has his own plans for Peter - plans which involve Peter and Anna signing the Declaration and endorsing Longevity+.Richard Pincent will stop at nothing to get what he wants, even if it means ripping Peter and Anna's new life apart. At the heart of the organisation he most despises, Peter stumbles across something more sinister than he could ever have imagined, as powerful forces are gathering to crush the young couple's dreams. "Longevity+" is Peter's story of rebellion against a nightmare world where happiness and fulfilment have been sacrificed on the altar of everlasting life.

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Eagerly awaited sequel to The Declaration confirms Gemma Malley as a powerful voice in young adult fictionCompelling, tense, tightly plotted, beautifully written - impossible to put downDark and sinister vision of the future which is utterly gripping and endlessly thought-provoking

Gemma Malley studied Philosophy at Reading University before working as a journalist. She edited several business magazines and contributed regularly to Company Magazine and the Sunday Telegraph before moving into the civil service in a senior communications role at Ofsted. The Declaration, her first novel for a teenage audience, was published to critical acclaim. The Resistance is the sequel. She lives in South London with her husband and baby son.

General Fields

  • : 9780747587736
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • : 01 September 2008
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Gemma Malley
  • : Hardback
  • : 336
  • : Fiction