Sky Without Stars (System Divine Book 1)  

by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell

Simon and Schuster, March 2019

This sweeping reimagining of Les Misérables tells the story of three teens from very different backgrounds who are  thrown together amidst the looming threat of revolution on the French planet-colony of Laterre.

A thief.
An officer.
A guardian.
 

Three strangers, one shared destiny…
 

When  the Last Days came, the planet of Laterre promised hope. A new life for  a wealthy French family and their descendants. But five hundred years  later, it’s now a place where an extravagant elite class reigns supreme;  where the clouds hide the stars and the poor starve in the streets;  where a rebel group, long thought dead, is resurfacing.
 

Whispers of revolution have begun—a revolution that hinges on three unlikely heroes…
 

Chatine  is a street-savvy thief who will do anything to escape the brutal  Regime, including spy on Marcellus, the grandson of the most powerful  man on the planet.
 

Marcellus is an officer—and the son of a  renowned traitor. In training to take command of the military, Marcellus  begins to doubt the government he’s vowed to serve when his father dies  and leaves behind a cryptic message that only one person can read: a  girl named Alouette.
 

Alouette is living in an underground  refuge, where she guards and protects the last surviving library on the  planet. But a shocking murder will bring Alouette to the surface for the  first time in twelve years…and plunge Laterre into chaos.
 

All three have a role to play in a dangerous game of revolution—and together they will shape the future of a planet.
 

Power, romance, and destiny collide in this sweeping reimagining of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece, Les Misérables.

Cover art: Billelis

Map artwork: Francesca Bearald

Suns Will Rise (System Divine Book 3)  

by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell

Simon and Schuster, August 2021

"Les Misérables meets The Lunar Chronicles in the out-of-this-world sequel to Sky Without Stars that’s an “explosion of emotion, intrigue, romance, and revolution” (Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series).

An heir. 

A renegade.

A convict. 

A cyborg.

A Défecteur.

Five rebels. One revolution.

It’s been three months since the Patriarche was beheaded, leaving behind no heir. From the outside, Laterre seems to be flourishing. General Bonnefaçon has cleaned up the streets, fed the hungry, and restored peace while the next leader is decided upon. But dangerous rifts threaten to shatter the planet from within.

The Red Scar is killing anyone with a legitimate claim to the Regime, while the Vangarde and their freed leader are preparing to overthrow it.

Then, it’s revealed that the Patriarche had a child in secret. A missing heir...

Alouette is the general’s prisoner, interrogated on the whereabouts of 

his renegade grandson. Marcellus is desperately searching for her, knowing she’s the key to the Vangarde’s plan, but unaware that he’s being hunted by a determined new cyborg. Meanwhile Chatine grows restless, living with a rebel group she doesn’t fit into. Until an old friend solicits her help to save his Défecteur community from a mysterious, new threat. A threat that will tie them all together.

When the general makes an explosive play for power, allegiances will shift, rebels will become leaders, barricades will rise, and the tinderbox of Laterre will finally ignite, launching a revolution five hundred years in the making. 

Cover art: Billelis

Map artwork: Francesca Bearald