Francesca Haig

Set in a vividly realised world of elite Alphas and their weaker Omega twins, it holds a mirror up to our obsession with perfection GuardianThe second book in Francesca Haigs incredible Fire Sermon series.The Omega resistance has been brutally attacked, its members dead or in hiding.The Alpha Councils plan for permanently containing the Omegas has begun.But all is not entirely lost: the Councils seer, The Confessor, is dead, killed by her twins sacrifice.Cass is left haunted by visions of the past, while her brother Zachs cruelty and obsession pushes her to the edge, and threatens to destroy everything she hopes for.As the country moves closer to all-out civil war, Cass will learn that to change the future she will need to uncover the past. But nothing can prepare her for what she discovers: a deeply buried secret that raises the stakes higher than ever before.

Since the blast that reshaped the earth, only twins are born. The imperfect one of each pair is branded at birth and sent away. Twins share nothing but the moment of their death: when one dies, so does the other. But Cass and her twin Zach cannot be separated.In this scorched and broken world, Cass's bond with her brother may be the most dangerous thing of all.

When Zach and I were born our parents must have counted and recounted: limbs, fingers, toes. The complete set. They would have been disbelieving - nobody dodged the split between Alpha and Omega. Nobody. Born as twins. Raised as enemies. One strong Alpha twin and one mutated Omega; the only thing they share is the moment of their death. The Omegas live in segregation, cast out by their families as soon as their mutation becomes clear. Forced to live apart, they are ruthlessly oppressed by their Alpha counterparts. The Alphas are the elite. Once their weaker twin has been cast aside, they're free to live in privilege and safety, their Omega twin far from their thoughts. Cass and Zach are both perfect on the outside: no missing limbs, no visible Omega mutation. But Cass has a secret: one that Zach will stop at nothing to expose. The potential to change the world lies in both their hands. One will have to defeat the other to see their vision of the future come to pass, but if they're not careful both will die in the struggle for power.

The second book in Francesca Haigs incredible Fire Sermon series.The Omega resistance has been brutally attacked, its members dead or in hiding.The Alpha Councils plan for permanently containing the Omegas has begun.But all is not entirely lost: the Councils seer, The Confessor, is dead, killed by her twins sacrifice.Cass is left haunted by visions of the past, while her brother Zachs cruelty and obsession pushes her to the edge, and threatens to destroy everything she hopes for.As the country moves closer to all-out civil war, Cass will learn that to change the future she will need to uncover the past. But nothing can prepare her for what she discovers: a deeply buried secret that raises the stakes higher than ever before.

Set in a vividly realised world of elite Alphas and their `weaker' Omega twins, it holds a mirror up to our obsession with perfection' Guardian Paloma's arrival, with news of Elsewhere and the possibility of a world free of the fatal bond between twins, has given Cass and the resistance a hope worth fighting for. But they are facing a Council more powerful and ruthless than Cass could ever have imagined, willing to unleash weapons from the long-buried past to maintain their power over Alphas and Omegas alike. As the stunning Fire Sermon trilogy comes to a close, a struggle has begun not only for the future of Elsewhere but for the future of the whole world. And what started with fire may end with fire.

Segundo volumen de la trilogía El sermón de fuego.Cuatrocientos años después de un apocalipsis nuclear, la sociedad se divide entre la élite formada por los alfas, físicamente perfectos, y sus oprimidos gemelos omegas, marcados con algun tipo de deformidad. Pero a pesar de su proclamada superioridad, los alfas no pueden escapar a su destino: cuando un gemelo muere, tambien lo hace el otro. La resistencia omega ha sido brutalmente atacada y los supervivientes han tenido que esconderse. El plan alfa para la contencion permanente de los omegas ha empezado. Perseguida por sus visiones del pasado, Cass ve como la obsesiva crueldad de su gemelo Zach amenaza con destruir todo lo que le importa. El pais se dirige hacia una guerra civil y Cass aprendera que para cambiar el futuro, antes debe descubrir el pasado. Pero nada puede prepararla para el secreto que esta a punto de salir a la luz.

«Este libro es un reflejo de nuestra obsesión por la perfección.» The GuardianHace cuatrocientos años, una explosión nuclear asoló la Tierra. Ahora, la lluvia radiactiva ha cesado y la civilización h

Nacieron juntos. Y morirán juntos.Cuatrocientos años después de un apocalipsis nuclear, los humanos viven en un mundo sin tecnología donde los recién nacidos son siempre gemelos: uno de ellos es físicamente perfecto, el alfa; el otro sufre algun tipo de deformidad, el omega. Este mundo es de los alfas y los omegas viven marginados en asentamientos aislados. Sin embargo, cuando un gemelo muere, tambien lo hace el otro.Precisamente por este motivo, Cassandra es confinada por orden de su hermano Zach cuando este se convierte en un destacado lider del Consejo. Su intencion es garantizar su propia seguridad mientras planea un mundo en el que los omegas no puedan ser usados contra sus gemelos. Pero Cass es un tipo especial de omega: no tiene anomalias fisicas, es vidente.Siempre ha habido rumores de una resistencia omega organizada y aunque Cass desea unirse a los rebeldes, no puede evitar preguntarse que pensaran ellos cuando descubran quien es su hermano.¿Acaso es la unica que cree que alfas y omegas pueden convivir en paz?

Hace cuatrocientos años, una explosión nuclear asoló la Tierra. Ahora, la lluvia radioactiva ha cesado y la civilización humana se recupera, pero por alguna desconocida razón todos los alumbramientos son de gemelos. En cada uno nace un alfa, fisicamente perfecto, y un omega, marcado con alguna deformidad. Por mandato del Consejo, los omegas viven marginados en asentamientos aislados, mientras que los alfas se benefician en el reparto de los recursos. Sin embargo, a pesar de su proclamada superioridad, los alfas no pueden escapar a su destino: cuando un gemelo muere, tambien lo hace el otro.Cass es un tipo de omega especial: es vidente. Mientras que su gemelo, Zach, gana poder en el Consejo, Cass anhela el deseo mas peligroso de todos: la igualdad. Por atreverse a soñar un mundo en el que alfas y omegas puedan convivir como iguales, tanto el Consejo como la Resistencia tienen a Cass en su punto de mira.