Even if Kyra gets Tyler back, the fight to save him-and the rest of the Returned-is just beginning. But he is being held by a shadowy government organization that experiments on the Returned, and going after him puts the rest of the group in danger. When her group intercepts a message that Tyler might still be alive, Kyra risks everything to get him back. Yet she is determined to find Tyler, the boy she loves who was also abducted. Now, on the run from the NSA, Kyra is forced to hide out with others who, like her, have been Returned. Kyra hasn't been the same since she returned from her mysterious five-year disappearance. Explosive and romantic, with creepy, otherworldly elements and twisty, psychological thrills, The Replaced will have you questioning what exactly it means to be human. T he gripping second installment in the Taking trilogy is perfect for fans of The Fifth Wave and the Body Finder series.

'Derting wastes no time diving right back in to Kyra's journey.' Kyra races to find an explanation and reclaim the life she once had, but what if the life she wants back is not her own? There are others like her who have been taken. As Tyler and Kyra retrace her steps from the fateful night of her disappearance, they discover strange phenomena that no one can explain, and they begin to wonder if Kyra's father is not as crazy as he seems.

With Austin gone, she turns to Tyler, Austin's annoying kid brother, who is now seventeen and who she has a sudden undeniable attraction to. Her parents are divorced, her boyfriend, Austin, is in college and dating her best friend, and her dad has changed from an uptight neat-freak to a drunken conspiracy theorist who blames her five-year disappearance on little green men.Ĭonfused and lost, Kyra isn't sure how to move forward unless she uncovers the truth. Everything else about Kyra's old life is different. With a terrible headache and a major case of déjà vu, she heads home only to discover that five years have passed. When sixteen-year-old Kyra Agnew wakes up behind a Dumpster at the Gas 'n' Sip, she has no memory of how she got there. Romance make this book appealing to a wide range of readers.'Ī flash of white light.

'Heart-stopping action and suspense combined with a budding

The Taking by Kimberly Derting