Here in a vast lost valley, society has split into two: the Wanderers, who team together to battle against the elements and each other in the harsh world of the desert, and those who live in the pyramid-city of Arcone, whose closed environment and tightly controlled society enable them to maintain a more civilized existence in the face of an environmentally devastated planet. Conflict is inevitable . . .<br /><br />Kean is a Wanderer, adopted into a team that has protected him since he was a child. Essa lives with her parents in the pyramid, and chafes at the mental and physical restrictions the government enforces to protect its people. But when a rogue Wanderer plans an attack on the city to gain its resources for his people, Kean and Essa's paths collide with an impact that will alter their lives forever.<br /><br />The next in a line of postapocalyptic coming-of-age stories that began with Lois Lowry's masterpiece <em>The Giver </em>and moved on through the Hunger Games series, <em>Wanderer </em>is a journey of danger, growth, friendship, and hope for a new generation.<br />