Marissa Mayer: "The Lunar Chronicles"

Marissa Mayer is a new name in the literature of the Yang-Edal genre. In her books in a tight tangle of love lines, detective kneading, adventure and humor. This is a fairy tale, but told in a new way. Someone thinks that only teenagers can read books, but in them everyone who still believes magic can find something for themselves.

about the author

When Marissa Mayer was born, her parents could not even imagine that the daughter would become a famous writer. Although, becoming older, the girl fell in love reading. Marissa has always been interested in literature, so she associated her future with her by enrolling in the Pacific Lutheran University and choosing the specialty Literary Creativity. After receiving the diploma, Marissa worked as an editor for a long time, and devoted free minutes to a hobby - a fan-fikshna on the popular anime about the moon girl Sailor Moon. Perhaps it was the passion for this anime that, to some extent, determined the path of Marissa.

In 2012, the first novel by the beginning author, Cyber Sun, came out, which brought him worldwide fame.

"Lunar chronicles", the first book: "Cyber Sun"

Distant future. She lived with her stepmother and half-sisters, Zola Lin - a pretty dirty girl with golden hands, the best mechanic in all of New Beijing. Not attracted attention, but her modest little shop could easily find everyone who needed a good specialist. And one day, in the hope of repairing the home robot, the Crown Prince Caius himself came to her. Of course, a handsome man with a kind heart, a sense of humor and other set of charismatic hero. The only "but" - the prince can not stand cyborgs. "So what?" - you will say. Yes, at first glance it's not scary. But Zola is a half-cyborg.

What awaits the main characters? Will they be able to overcome their own phobias and doubts? Understand not only with the spiteful stepmother, who can easily pass the Zola to the experiments in a special laboratory, but also with the Queen of the Moon, Levanoy, who dreams of marrying Kai and threatening the war in case of the Prince's refusal?

"Lunar chronicles: Little Red Riding Hood"

Marissa Mayer, tearing off the first book, as befits any decent author, at the most interesting and tragic place, continues to twist the story in the second part.

This time, she tells readers the story of the life of the beautiful Scarlet, who lives with her grandmother in a small town and is engaged in breeding bees and growing vegetables. Nothing special happened in the life of the heroine. But the quiet and measured life was disturbed by the loss of his beloved granny. The authorities are not going to look for the old woman, believing that she decided to pobrodnyazhnichat. The usual thing, get bored and come back. If he wants to. But Scarlet is convinced that not everything is so simple and thinks about abduction. To understand the situation, she has to contact a street fighter Volk - the same type. But it is not necessary to choose: only he alone takes seriously the fears of Scarlet and is ready to help.

And what about Cinderella, that is, Zola Lin? No, Marissa Mayer did not forget about her. Escaping from captivity with the help of a brave pilot (albeit retired) Thorne, she decides to sit out on Earth. The girl needs a breather and time to deal with her own life and understand how to proceed.

The destinies of all the characters are closely interwoven, they have one common and insidious enemy who is not going to calm down.

"Lunar Chronicles: Rapunzel"

In the third book, the action is transferred to an orbital station rotating around the moon. She is imprisoned by Kress. Completely isolated from communication with the outside world for seven years, the girl masterfully learned how to work with programs and became an unsurpassed hacker. Which is very beneficial to Queen Levan: so she tracks the movement of the rebel Zola. But reincarnation Rapunzel is far from being a stupid girl and has her own ideas about life. She makes contact with Cinderella and begins to help her, tangling her tracks.

Ash and her team (Scarlet and Wolf, Captain Thorne) are working on a plan to overthrow the evil Moon Queen and prevent her army from invading Earth. Because of this, they are forced to constantly be on the run and hide. After communication with Kress, the guys understand that they can not cope without her help, and they decide to release the hostage of the orbital station. But the carefully verified plan fails. Cress with Captain Thorne are on Earth, in the Sahara Desert.

Readers are waiting for a new romantic line and incredible, full of dangers of adventure. After all, Queen Levan will also not sit idly by knowing perfectly who is behind all this.

"Lunar chronicles: Snow White"

"Lunar chronicles" continues to Marissa Mayer. Books are read in one breath. The fourth part of the cycle has already been written and published, but has not yet been translated into Russian, and when this happens it is not known. So you can read it only in the original language.

Marissa Mayer introduces the readers to the new heroine - Winter, the stepdaughter of Queen Levan. The girl has a marvelous beauty, surpassing even the famous charm of the Moon Queen. Her stepmother thinks Winter is naive and close, which is really not the case. The girl despises Levan and can not forgive her that she does not allow her to communicate with a childhood friend. Circumstances confront her with Ash, and the girl decides to support the brave Cinderella and help stop the war.

Instead of an afterword

When Marissa Mayer was born, the world read other tales. But new times require new heroes: courageous, courageous, ready to fight for their own happiness, not hoping for beautiful princes. The cycle "Lunar Chronicles" gave readers such heroes, preserving faith in magic and justice.