Amy Kathleen Ryan – författare

One of School Library Journal''s Best Fiction Books of 2011If a violent battle destroyed the only world you''ve ever known, would you be brave enough to save who was left? Would love be strong enough to survive the fight? Either way, there''s no turning back.The Empyrean is the only home 15-year-old Waverly has ever known. Part of the first generation to be successfully conceived in deep space, she and her boyfriend Kieran will be pioneers of New Earth. Waverly knows she must marry young in order to have children who can carry on the mission, and Kieran, the handsome captain-to-be, has everything Waverly could want in a husband. Everyone is sure he''s the best choice. Still, there''s a part of Waverly that wants more from life than marriage, and she is secretly intrigued by the shy, darkly brilliant Seth.Suddenly, Waverly''s dreams are interrupted by the inconceivable – a violent betrayal by the Empyrean''s sister ship, the New Horizon. The New Horizon''s leaders are desperate to populate the new planet first, and will do anything to get what they need: young girls. In one pivotal moment, Waverly and Kieran are separated, and find themselves at the helm of dangerous missions, where every move has potentially devastating consequences, and decisions of the heart may lead to disaster.Pulse-pounding and addictive, Glow begins Amy Kathleen Ryan''s Sky Chasers--the most riveting series since The Hunger Games.

Waverly, Kieran and Seth are in a race against time – and with the future of humanity hanging in the balance, there''s no room for mistakes…After a desperate escape from the enemy ship, Waverly has finally made it back to the Empyrean. The memory of home has been keeping her alive for the past months… but home is nothing like she left it. Forced to leave their captive parents behind on the New Horizon, she''s returned only to find that Kieran has become a strict leader and turned the crew against Seth. What happened to the Kieran she thought she knew? Now Waverly''s not sure whom she can trust. And the one person she wants to believe in is darkly brilliant Seth, the ship''s supposed enemy. Waverly knows that the situation will only get worse until they can rescue their parents – but how?Before they have time to make a plan, an explosion rocks the Empyrean, and Seth and Waverly are targeted as the prime suspects. Can they find the true culprit before Kieran locks them away… or worse? Will Waverly follow her heart, even if it puts lives at risk? Now more than ever, every step could bring them closer to a new beginning – or a sudden end.