He lashes out at June for her sudden decision, though he ultimately mellows out and is taught self-defense arts from her. Day hides inside the tunnels with June through Kaede's knowledge. On the day of assassination, June fails to avert the sequence of the plan, but Day makes up for this by rescuing Anden from the bombers, having finally decided to trust June. One night, while creating a diversion at a local train station, Day meets a boy experimented to be a biological war weapon like Eden and wasn't able to free him. He is confessed by Tess, who warns him not to trust June. Day learns about the current situation of the international world–the fact that the Republic is considered a pariah state–and further hones his skills to become a Runner, the Patriots' diversion team. Meanwhile, Day boards a Republic airship towards the warfront city of Lamar, where one of the Patriots' bases is located. She decides to abandon the plot and signals to Day through a security camera about her decision of betrayal to the Patriots. June successfully makes an appointment with Anden, but she becomes reluctant to execute the plan when she realizes that the reformist Anden has little in common with the conservative Senate and wants to change the Republic for the better. She learns that he and her brother, Metias, were in love with each other. To execute the task, June will need an audience with Anden at Denver to falsify the time and place of the assassination and convince him to seek 'protection' at the actual place of assassination.Īccepting the offer, June lets herself get captured by a Republic task group led by Thomas Bryant. Razor offers Day a prosthetic leg and protection in exchange for assassinating the new Elector Primo, Anden Stavropoulos, who has recently succeeded his deceased father.

Through Kaede, they meet with Tess and Andrew 'Razor' DeSoto, a Republic Commander doubling as the leader of the Patriots. It is the second book of a trilogy, preceded by Legend and followed by Champion.Īfter the events of Legend, June Iparis and Daniel 'Day' Altan Wing arrive at Las Vegas in search for the Patriots. Prodigy is a 2013 dystopian young adult novel written by American author Marie Lu. Print ( hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book

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