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FINALIST IN THE NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS 2019THREE HEROES WILL RISEWhen half the world is a furnaceWhen fanatics rule with terror, fire and bloodYou runYou fightOr you dieWil is captured and press-ganged into a “Redukayshun Centre” of young people labouring to undo the effects of generations of climate change. There he discovers that he’s marked as a Heater, one of the old-time heretics who burned up the world. All his resilience and wit are needed to survive savage injustice and cruelty – and to forge an uncertain friendship with the enigmatic Squadboy Captain, Jace.Then Leah arrives, the first girl Wil has ever seen. Smart, fierce and ruthless, she will change Wil and Jace forever.But Wil unknowingly holds the key to a secret. The Great Atrocity at his birth is a lie – and the Revelayshun will use fire, blood and death to hide the truth. Now Wil faces an impossible choice.He can run, and seek the “Truth That Will Change Everything.”Or stay, and fight to save his friends.

Truth died in the fires. Only through courage can it be born again. Under the iron rule of the Revelayshun, one boy discovers the truth… ‘Ty promised my ma he’d bring me up right. Bring him up to hear the rhythm beat, she said, and to feel the heartsblood warm. Not Strong – not in their way – but strong in the ways of the heart.’ When the Revelayshun murders his pa, Wil discovers through savage inquisition that he’s marked as a Heater, one of the old-time heretics who burned up the world. But Wil holds the key to a secret. Sekkerland’s Shame, the Atrocity, is a great lie – and the Revelayshun will use fire, blood and death to hide the truth. Dark, powerful and heartbreaking, Children Of The Furnace compels with a uniquely stunning world and one of the greatest characters you’ll ever be afraid for…