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In CINDER, we learned that Levana, the Lunar Queen, was creating an army. In THE QUEEN'S ARMY, we learn that her army is not an ordinary one. Still developing, twelve-year-old boys who show the proper aptitude are taken to training facilities where they are GENETICALLY RE-ENGINEERED into essentially werewolves.

W-E-R-E-W-O-L-V-E-S.

Then they go through years of basic training hell, where they live in a "pack" to better serve their new "wolfish" instincts.



I almost always read the novellas that accompany my favorite series, but mostly it's b/c I'm afraid of missing something important. I've learned not to expect too much--how deep can you really get in 20-30 pages?

BUT not only is THE QUEEN'S ARMY way more engrossing than any 25 page novella has a right to be, the story it tells is important to your overall understanding of the characters/situations in SCARLET.



And it's free. For whatever reason, the Tor.com links no longer work, but you can still get the novella from the author's website:



My other reviews for this series:

Glitches (Lunar Chronicles 0.5)
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2)
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)
Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles, #3.5)
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4)