![]() ![]() The strong female heroine will appeal to teen readers, and adults and teens alike may also enjoy the themes of corruption and religion, absolute human power, and government as god. ![]() She must decide between the “choosing” she’s always wanted and the truth she is coming to see-the possibility of alternatives outside Authority walls. In the meantime, Carrington learns of sinister deeds done by the Authority. When a key leader of the Authority, as the ruling class is known, loses his wife, he decides to take Carrington as a second one. When Carrington is not chosen, her fate is to join the “Lints,” who do hard labor for the rest of their lives. ![]() In this society, young women are chosen for marriage in the titular ritual. The debut novel from the daughter of thriller/fantasy novelist Ted Dekker introduces a 23rd-century dystopia run according to a patchwork of holy writs from the past known as Veritas. ![]()
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