Bøger af Dana Stewart Quinney

Scavenger, they called him. Ben Elliott was a fool, everyone in high school thought, a fool for believing what his grandfather believed: the world was about to shatter. For years, Ben and his grandfather had worked hard to prepare for the end of the world, gathering supplies and equipment, buying what they could, taking any castoffs people cared to give them, and ferrying them to their place hidden in the foothills of Cat Mountain. Ben's grandfather was right-but as Ben discovered, things seldom happen as planned. All summer Artie Ames had felt that something was wrong, something she couldn't name. Even after school began in the autumn, she still couldn't shake the feeling. Then came what would be called The Last Friday. Suddenly, everyone she loved was gone and Artie found herself running in the dark. Everything Artie and Ben had known had fallen away, and winter was coming. Could they survive? Book 1 of the Scavenger Series

Though the Others had scorned him for years, as the white winter closed in, Ben had saved them all. For a time, things go well at the Place, but snowbound, the Others grow restless. And Artie is beginning to have a bad feeling. Were they followed to the Place? What is happening to Turk? Why is Sylvie so frightened? Can Ben find a way to take the Others home? With spring and snowmelt comes freedom and a desperate plea. Can Artie and Ben survive a perilous journey to rescue one of their own? Volume 2 of the Scavenger Series.

Kitty has a secret: late one night, she overheard an unseen man describing a murder. And when she told the wrong person what she overheard, the killer began to focus on Kitty. Exploring the mountains and canyons of the Idaho back country with their friend Weevil while they look for tiger moths for Kitty's high-school senior project, Kitty and Gray begin to fall in love. Kitty's a self-described science girl. Gray writes songs, hoping to become a singer. Weevil, though wheelchair-bound, wants to become a music producer. Weevil and Gray realize that they have to keep Kitty safe. They know the killer is close, but they cannot discover his identity. At the same time, Gray's attorney cousin, Rylan, has met Kitty's teacher, Lina, hoping for a second chance at love. At midnight, a star burns atop Aldape Ridge. Tiger moth pupae sleep in Kitty's family garage, waiting for spring. In a small stable, Gray sings his heart out. In the middle of a nasty divorce case, Rylan and Lina stand up for a small boy with uncaring parents. On Halloween night, the Headless Horseman rides again. And in the canyon to the north, a killer in a pickup waits for the right moment to strike. Tiger Moth is a world rich with canyons and rivers, mountains and deserts, wildlife, skies bright with stars, many memorable characters, a brutal killer--and a tender love story.

Artie and Ben, Nathan and Bay, Otis and Amy--Two years after Last Friday, Nathan is held captive by enforcers of the New Prophecy, Amy's mare is running wild in Little City of Rocks, Marnie is stalking Otis, and Artie has a premonition that trouble is on its way to the Place. Even so, gardens must be tended, hay cut and stacked, and other crops harvested, or no one will make it through the coming winter. But Slipknot is on the rampage; war is coming. In this final book of the SCAVENGER Series, they all come together.

Ten years after the End, Rachel Brown is living in a barricaded city with no law, no government. She was a nurse in the Before, and survives by bartering skill for food. Into her life comes Teddy, who has grown up hiding and dreaming. Teddy promises to get Rachel to the Outside. He's in love with Rachel, but she doesn't dare love: bad survival. The most powerful person in the city is Cap, leader of Capsband. Cap and Rachel share a secret, a secret that has kept her alive and has kept him in power for ten years. But Cap's lieutenant, Slag, has plans of his own: to kill Cap and take over Capsband. Rachel discovers Slag's plan, and she and Teddy join Cap in a strange and stealthy war. In the midst of fire and war and betrayal, will Cap finally realize what Rachel means to him? And will Rachel finally stop running and dare to fall in love?

In Scavenger 3, SHRIMP, Bay and Nathan, Idaho high school students, met and fell in love. Bay has a passion for collecting stories of local history. Nathan, though 6'' 6", has no interest in sports, but is passionate about science. Just as they have fallen in love, their world has fallen apart: a volcano threatens, martial law is declared, and Bay and Nathan are separated. Their story continues in BAY, as they struggle to find each other and to survive in a world without communication, gasoline, and electricity. Bay is held prisoner at a chicken farm, and Nathan is snowbound sixty miles away. When the snow melts, Nathan and his three trusted friends set out to free Bay and to find other family and friends who have vanished in the chaos that began months before. Meanwhile, Bay and Nathan are being stalked by his mother''s murderer.