Something she still didn’t fully understand.Īnd after years of feeling out of place-even among the family she loved-the elves finally showed Sophie the truth about her life and brought her to the Lost Cities. Ruling the earth from the shadows.īorn from humans-but not human-as part of a rebel group’s secret genetic experiment called Project Moonlark. Living across the globe in hidden glittering cities. Sure, they’d grown up together in the same house in San Diego, California, both believing they had the same parents-despite the fact that Sophie’s blond hair and brown eyes didn’t match her family of light-eyed brunettes.Ī world where elves were real creatures-and nothing like the silly stories that humans had invented about them. Technically, she wasn’t even her sister-at least not genetically.

Her little sister shouldn’t remember her. The wide-eyed, trembling girl standing in front of her slowly nodded, and Sophie’s heart swelled even as it plummeted into the sour pit of her stomach. The question slipped from Sophie’s lips before she could stop it, and the weighted words seemed to hit the floor of the messy bedroom with a thud. In this spectacular sixth book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series, Sophie must uncover the truth about the Lost Cities’ insidious past, before it repeats itself and changes reality. And with time running out, and mistakes catching up with them, Sophie and her allies must join forces in ways they never have before. The problems they’re facing stretch deep into their history. But nothing can prepare them for what they discover. Maybe even time for Sophie to trust her enemies.Īll paths lead to Nightfall-an ominous door to an even more ominous place-and Sophie and her friends strike a dangerous bargain to get there. The Neverseen have had their victories-but the battle is far from over. But she knows one thing: she will not be defeated.

Sophie and her friends face battles unlike anything they’ve seen before in this thrilling sixth book of the Keeper of the Lost Cities series. A California Young Reader Medal–winning series

Nightfall by shannon messenger