A rich heiress and a young war hero are the only survivors when a luxury spaceliner crashes on a strange planet
Stranded on an empty world
Lilac LaRoux is the daughter of the richest man in the galaxy, glamorous, guarded and used to getting her way. Tarver Merendsen is a young soldier from a modest background who became a famous war hero almost by accident. They meet aboard the Icarus, a vast luxury spaceliner, and their first conversation ends badly. Then the ship is torn out of hyperspace and plunges toward a nearby planet.
Who will enjoy it
Readers aged about thirteen and up who enjoy science-fiction romance, survival stories and slowly unfolding mysteries.
What you will get
A sweeping, atmospheric space romance in which two survivors of a crash cross a silent alien world and slowly uncover its secrets.
These Broken Stars Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Young Adult · Space romance · Survival · Mystery planet
Length
416 pages · ≈ 12 h
More about this book
Lilac and Tarver escape in the same pod and find themselves alone on a planet that has been prepared for human settlers but seems strangely empty. Tarver knows how to survive in the wild; Lilac knows more than she admits about technology. As they trek across forests and plains toward the wreck of the Icarus in the hope of rescue, their sharp dislike gives way to respect, and then to something deeper.
The planet is not as empty as it looks. Lilac begins to hear whispers and see visions, and the two find traces of something that has been hidden there. The chapters alternate between Lilac's and Tarver's voices, and each is introduced by a short fragment from a later military interrogation, which adds suspense. Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner write a slow-burning romance in which survival, grief and trust matter as much as the mystery.
Romantic, eerie and moving, the first of the Starbound trilogy, followed by This Shattered Planet and Their Fractured Light, each with new main characters. Readers who enjoy love stories set against vast landscapes will find a lot to like here. About 416 pages in the Disney-Hyperion paperback.
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