Ursula Poznanski, The Eleria-Trilogy
Thriller 14+
Betrayed, pursued and abandoned to their fate. Following the great success of Erebos and Saeculum … Die Verratenen (Bd. 1) 15.0 x 22.0 cm, no. 7546 464 pages, hardcover with dustcover, spot varnish and book mark publication date October 2012 for readers aged 14+
CONDEMNED (VOL. 1) A society that encloses her in a protected world, a system that cares for her and educates her: Ria’s life could not be more enjoyable. She is loved, privileged, talented, with a brilliant future ahead of her. But then the tables turn. All at once, Ria must confront a hostile world, and fight for her survival. A game of hide and seek begins, and a breathless flight through a dreary wasteland. She is desperately seeking to understand why her existence has suddenly been shattered. But she can’t trust anyone now, she has only herself to rely on. Someone wants to do away with her, and that person could be anyone. Best-selling author Ursula Poznanski presents this outstanding thriller. Skilfully, she lays false trails, thereby involving both her characters and her readers in a baffling adventure. This splendidly confusing narrative is a dystopian thriller that is packed with surprises and tackles the themes of trust and manipulation with elegance and imagination.
Voted onto the 2013 Honour List of the Austrian Award for Children’s and Youth Literature Nominated for the prestigious Buxtehuder Bulle 2013 Nominated for the Austrian award Buchliebling 2013
Reviews of Die Verratenen (Condemned): “With Die Verratenen Ursula Poznanski has provided a convincing opening to her first trilogy.“ Eselsohr
“Read it when it’s snowing outside, and you won’t get up again! “ Brigitte
“Original science fiction and gripping dystopian tale.“ Bücher
“An elegant thriller that makes one think.“ Westdeutsche Zeitung
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Ursula Poznanski, The Eleria-Trilogy
Thriller 14+
Die Verschworenen (Bd. 2) 15.0 x 22.0 cm, no. 7547 hardcover with jacket, spot varnish und ribbon marker 464 pages, publication date October 2013 for readers aged 14+
CONSPIRED (VOL. 2) Ria and her friends seek refuge in the city beneath the city, but they soon learn that their survival is not assured, even there. While Aureljo gets ready to return to the Spheres, Ria is looking for Jordan’s Chronicle, and finds a few fragments, not enough to furnish a clue. At this stage, her friendship with Sandor provides moments of light, in the true sense of the word, as she meets him during brief outings above ground; he is becoming increasing important to her... However, Sandor is then made Clan leader, and suddenly everything changes. Ria feels obliged to return to the Spheres with Aureljo, although she had originally meant to stay.... In her new novel CONSPIRED, Ursula Poznanski presents a convincing dystopian setting and a thriller-type plot, and has created a well-thought out world set in a horrifyingly convincing future. The whole story is bursting with original ideas, and features a totally authentic and endearing heroine. The author keeps her readers guessing in a masterly way with a series of unexpected twists and turns, and piles on the tension with each gripping, beautifully written page.
Die Vernichteten (Bd. 3) 15.0 x 22.0 cm, no. 7546 528 pages, hardcover with dustcover spot varnish and ribbon page marker publication date July 2014 for readers aged 14+
CONTRIVED (VOL. 3) Ria has now discovered the terrible secret about the virus that kills so swiftly. She knows that it will kill the inhabitants of the spheres, and take revenge on them for having stolen so many Clan children. It’s a terrible plan. But, fortunately, there’s an antidote. It’s being kept by Quirin. Though Quirin won’t be dissuaded from this terrible plan and suddenly vanishes, as if the ground had swallowed him up. Although circumstances are stacked against her, Ria sets out to find the remedy and save the lives of the Clan people and the inhabitants of the Spheres. But then she discovers something she hadn’t reckoned with. Something so ghastly it’s almost impossible to imagine. Something far worse than any other conspiracy she has previously uncovered. With CONTRIVED, bestselling author Ursula Poznanski has produced another, brilliantly thrilling novel in her Ria sequence. The author leads her readers and Ria skilfully through a bewildering series of events before introducing a sudden twist in the plot that no one could have anticipated.
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Ursula Poznanski, The Eleria-Trilogy
Thriller 14+
Key points:
She combines a dystopian setting and thrilling plot in a convincing way, and creates a compellingly well thought-out world, set in a horribly convincing future. The whole story teems with original ideas and features a totally authentic, likeable heroine.
The author is an expert at surprising her readers with unexpected twists and turns, and her brilliant writing creates an exciting atmosphere, which keeps the pages turning.
Ursula Poznanski continues the story about Ria successfully as she develops new suspenseful themes and provides further clues in the search for an answer to the question, why must Ria and her friends be killed?
Outstanding: Futuristic Thriller Trilogy by bestselling author Ursula Poznanski
Well-developed characters in a truly exceptional setting – engaging, exciting, a real Poznanski!
More than 160.000 copies sold of the Eleria-Trilogy!
The Author: Ursula Poznanski was born in Vienna, and spent ten years studying all sorts of subjects at the university there, before abandoning all hope of getting a degree and getting to grips with real life as a medical journalist. After her son was born, she started writing books for young readers. Her first book, Erebos, won numerous prizes (including the German Children’s Literature Prize), and made her famous around the world. In the meantime she has become one of Germany’s most successful authors, and she also writes best-selling thrillers for adult readers. She and her family live to the south of Vienna.
This Austrian woman is a genius. Brigitte Ursula Poznanski – Author of AWARD-winning EREBOS! “Erebos thrilled readers with its entertaining and detailed plot, and its contemporary theme” Assessment by the Youth Jury at the German Youth Literature Award
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