THE Unbound

Victoria Schwab

Jan 2014 · Sold by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

About this ebook

Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.

Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive.

Last summer, Mackenzie Bishop, a Keeper tasked with stopping violent Histories from escaping the Archive, almost lost her life to one. Now, as she starts her junior year at Hyde School, she's struggling to get her life back. But moving on isn't easy – not when her dreams are haunted by what happened. She knows the past is past, knows it cannot hurt her, but it feels so real, and when her nightmares begin to creep into her waking hours, she starts to wonder if she's really safe.

Meanwhile, people are vanishing without a trace, and the only thing they seem to have in common is Mackenzie. She's sure the Archive knows more than they are letting on, but before she can prove it, she becomes the prime suspect. And unless Mac can track down the real culprit, she'll lose everything, not only her role as Keeper, but her memories, and even her life. Can Mackenzie untangle the mystery before she herself unravels?

With stunning prose and a captivating mixture of action, romance, and horror, The Unbound delves into a richly imagined world where no choice is easy and love and loss feel like two sides of the same coin.

Ratings and reviews

I lovedit because when I read the first one I wanted to read the second one . It was so awesome that I wanted to read the second one , so bad and I didn't have the money to buy it. So, I put it on hold at the library. The story just goes on for a long time and I wouldn't like to tell you the whole story . Yup so that is 1 out of 1,000 if my story.

I actually read the 2nd one first because I didn't know there was a first one. But after I found out I immediately got the first one and it was just as amazing! Great series!

She did it again. This series is mesmerizing and unlike anything I have read to date. This is a very hard book to put down. Always leaves you wanting more. Great read! I always reccomend it to friends.

About the author

Victoria "V.E." Schwab (www.veschwab.com) is the #1 New York Times, USA, and Indie bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including Vicious, the Shades of Magic series, and the Monsters of Verity series. Her work has received critical acclaim, been featured by Entertainment Weekly and the New York Times, translated into more than a dozen languages, and optioned for TV and Film. The Independent calls her the "natural successor to Diana Wynne Jones" and touts her "enviable, almost Gaimanesque ability to switch between styles, genres, and tones."