Alice Broadway

There are no secrets in Saintstone. From the second you're born, every achievement, every failing, every significant moment are all immortalized on your skin. There are honorable marks that let people know you're trustworthy. And shameful tattoos that announce you as a traitor. After her father dies, Leora finds solace in the fact that his skin tells a wonderful story. That is, until she glimpses a mark on the back of his neck...the symbol of the worst crime a person can commit in Saintstone. Leora knows it has to be a mistake, but before she can do anything about it, the horrifying secret gets out, jeopardizing her father's legacy...and Leora's life. In her startlingly prescient debut, Alice Broadway shines a light on the dangerous lengths we go to make our world feel orderly--even when the truth refuses to stay within the lines. This rich, lyrical fantasy with echoes of Orwell is unlike anything you've ever read, a tale guaranteed to get under your skin...

Я не знаю, кто я, на чьей я стороне, и что на самом деле окажется на чаше весов в самом конце... Мы покрываем себя татуировками. Мы ничего не можем скрыть. Метки всегда расскажут правду! Это закон нашего общества. Но так ли это? Знала ли я своего отца по-настоящему? Знала ли я хотя бы что-то о нем, что было правдой? Все, о чем я мечтала - это быть чернильщицей и писать историю жизни людей на их коже. Но кажется, у судьбы совершенно другие планы. Мой учитель открыл страшную тайну моей семьи. Всё, что было белым, стало чёрным. Мир перевернулся, и я все ещё не понимаю, как мне удается дышать. Чтобы ни было в прошлом, я люблю своего отца. И сделаю все, чтобы книгу его жизни помнили вечно.

INK taught Leora that all was not what it seems on the surface. SPARK taught her that there are two sides to every story. Now Leora has had enough of lessons - she wants to make her own story. The explosive finale to the best-selling INK trilogy sees Leora struggling to reconcile her past and her future - and recognizing that there may be no easy answers.

Leora is reeling: questioning everything she has ever known about her family and herself. As half-Marked and half-Blank, can she ever wholly belong in either fractured community? Mayor Longsight wants to use her as a weapon: to infiltrate Featherstone, home of the Blanks, and deliver them to him for obliteration. Leora longs for answers about her mysterious birth mother, and Featherstone may reveal them. But will she find solace and safety there or a viper's nest of suspicion and secrets?