Sentence Sneak Peek - Prodigy

Prodigy by Marie Lu

The first sentence from each chapter of Prodigy, it's a mini summary of what you can expect to read.

* Spoilers are highlighted like so :)
* ARC read via Around The World Tours
* Book will be released January 29, 2013

“DAY JOLTS AWAKE BESIDE ME.”

“THE ELECTOR PRIMO IS DEAD.”

“I DON’T TRUST RAZOR.”

“THE MEDIC SHOWS UP IN A QUIET FLURRY SOMETIME after midnight.”

“I CHOSE NOT TO BE IN THE ROOM DURING THE SURGERY; Tess, of course, stayed to assist the Medic.”

“THE PATRIOTS DISGUISE ME BEFORE WE HEAD OUT.”

“I CAN’T BRING MYSELF TO LOOK AT DAY AGAIN BEFORE leaving him behind.”

“WE TOUCH DOWN IN LAMAR, COLORADO, ON A COLD, rainy morning, right on schedule.”

“I ARRIVE IN THE CAPITAL BY TRAIN (STATION 42B) IN THE midst of a snowstorm, where a crowd has gathered on the train platform to see me.”

“ANOTHER DREAM.”

“I HAD A NIGHTMARE LAST NIGHT.”

“LATER THAT NIGHT, I HEAD OUT TO THE MAIN conference room and join the others to hear about the next phase of the mission.”

“LESS THAN TWO DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTOR’S ACTUAL assassination.”

“ME, PASCAO, AND THE OTHER RUNNERS SPEND A full half day aboveground after the train job, huddled in al-leys or on top of abandoned roofs, dodging the soldiers that comb the streets near the station.”

“THE DAY HAS FINALLY ARRIVED FOR ANDEN’S ASSASSINATION, and I have three hours before the Patriots make their move.”

“THE MORNING OF THE ELECTOR’S ASSASSINATION day is finally here.”

“WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, METIAS TOOK ME TO SEE our parents’ graves.”

“I SHOULDN’T HAVE YELLED AT HER.”

“METIAS HAD ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT WHENEVER I DO GET sick, I pull out all the stops.”

“IT TAKES JUNE A HALF HOUR TO FINALLY FALL BACK asleep, loaded up on whatever drugs a Colonies nurse inject-ed into her arm.”

“I’M DREAMING AGAIN.”

“AFTER THE SOLDIER AND I LEFT THE BALCONY AND the throng of people outside our hospital room, I made sure guards stood outside our door (“In case any fans come barg-ing in,” the soldier said before she left), then requested ex-tra blankets and medicine for June.”

“I SNAP OUT OF MY DREAM, LIFT MY HEAD, AND MY EYES sweep the area.”

“KAEDE WASTES NO TIME.”

“A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO GET INTO THE REPUBLIC’S border.”

“BY THE TIME I REACH THE CAPITOL TOWER, I’M soaked in sweat.”

“TWO DAYS HAVE PASSED.”

“THE DOCTORS DIDN’T LIKE ME IN THE BEGINNING.”

“DAY WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY AT SEVEN A.M.”