I can breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time, it's kind of sad. I always compare it to what parents must feel like when they send their kids off to college. While waiting for the film to come together, Lu has started a new high-fantasy series, with the first book, tentatively titled The Young Elites, coming out in fall 2014.Īs she puts the finishing touches on her Legend saga, Lu discusses what's to come for June and Day, her different fan bases and going against a conventional sequel structure.Ī: It is. "I'm honestly not entirely sure if I'm going to be getting a lot of hate mail, but we'll see what happens."Īt least for now, Lu, 29, has gained a loyal following among readers and even in Hollywood - CBS Films optioned a movie before Legend was even published. "I hope people still like me after the ending!" Lu says. However, a plague outbreak threatens to undo any and all goodwill. June and Day allied themselves in the second book, last year's Prodigy, and made a deal with Patriot rebels to assassinate the Republic's new ruling Elector if they help find Day's younger brother and get him to the more friendly Colonies.Ĭhampion opens with everything mostly stable and Day and June working in high positions as the Republic negotiates a peace treaty with the Colonies to return it to a real United States again. Her older brother, Metias, was killed in pursuit of the fugitive, and she holds Day responsible, but June finds herself falling for him while learning the truth about him and the Republic.
5 (read an exclusive excerpt below), concludes the dystopian trilogy the author began in 2011 when her first book, Legend, introduced June, 15, one of the Republic's best and brightest military minds, who is sent after the infamous criminal Day.
Marie Lu is making sure she ends her debut young-adult series with a novel worthy of its heavyweight title.Ĭhampion, out Nov.
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