Infinity Reaper by Adam Silvera (best new books to read txt) 📗

of lies floating around out there and I wanted you all to hear the truth from me. I’ve had some better days, but I’m gutted right now. Everyone I love and trusted just betrayed me. I need some support, and I know I have to earn that with some honesty as epic as you all are.” All my rage is building from everything that happened back at the Sanctuary. “This pains me, but these powers that almost killed me may not be enough to save me if I don’t get some help. You all know that my brother, Emil, is powerful, but you don’t understand how much. Just like phoenixes, Emil can resurrect. But this isn’t his only life. In the past, he was one of my childhood heroes, Bautista de León, and before that, he was the first specter who started this all, Keon Máximo. I really thought Emil was going to do something good with this life, but he’s proven me wrong—he’s proven all of us wrong.” There’s no taking this back now and I wouldn’t if I could. I’m redefining heroism. “I promise you all as the Infinity Savior I will do everything in my power to stop the Infinity Son. Even if that means becoming the Infinity Reaper to protect all of you . . .”

My brother’s past lives will be the death of him.

Acknowledgments

I write about death a lot and I struggle with life even more.

Writing has always been hard, but nothing has been more challenging than rewriting my first-ever sequel during a global pandemic and major mental health crises. Things have been dark, especially while in isolation, but I’m thankfully here, and you are too, and hopefully we can do our part in making this world a brighter, fairer place.

Huge thanks to my extraordinary editor, Andrew Eliopulos, for always deepening my stories and going on this journey through Infinity with me—and waiting nearly as long for me to turn in my edits so I can get it right. Jodi Reamer for being an incredible agent who understands that I’m a human and not a machine.

My HarperCollins family: Michael D’Angelo, Rosemary Brosnan, Mitchell Thorpe, Bria Ragin, Tyler Breitfeller, Jane Lee, Suzanne Murphy, Caitlin Garing, Kathy Faber, Liz Byer, Jacqueline Hornberger, Laura Harshberger, and Dan Janeck. And Erin Fitzsimmons and Kevin Tong for another gorgeous cover.

Thank you to Writers House and all my international publishers for getting my work out there.

My mom, Persi Rosa, who quotes lines of my books to her coworkers. And my brother, Andrew Silvera, who doesn’t read any of them but champions me anyway.

My friends: Luis “12-20” Rivera and Jordin Rivera for never-ending calls of laughter and tears and love. Elliot “Chapter Two: Ness” Knight, who was physically with me when I began this book and mentally with me when I finished. Becky Albertalli, who listened to hours and hours of voice notes containing my highs and lows throughout the entire process. David Arnold and Jasmine Warga and Nicola Yoon and David Yoon for always cheering me on in every corner of life. Sabaa Tahir and Victoria Aveyard for being real fantasy queens I can always turn to. Angie Thomas for the greatest hype song to get me past the finish line. Arvin Ahmadi for Mexico—enough said. Dhonielle Clayton, Patrice Caldwell, and Mark Oshiro for a group chat of brightness and shade. And huge thanks to Marie Lu, who kindly gave me her blessing to open this book with the perfect quote from The Rose Society.

My Epic Reads tour sisters, Farah Naz Rishi and Abigail Hing Wen, for all the adventures at arcades and bookstores.

My therapist, who literally keeps me alive.

Booksellers and librarians, who give so much and don’t get enough in return. Thank you for everything you’ve done, and I hope to everything that you’re around forever.

Lastly, my readers who have followed me into my first series—I hope you love the rest of the Infinity Cycle.

About the Author

Photo by Elliot Knight

ADAM SILVERA is the New York Times bestselling author of More Happy Than Not, History Is All You Left Me, They Both Die at the End, Infinity Son, and—with Becky Albertalli—What If It’s Us. He was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start for his debut. Adam was born and raised in the Bronx. He was a bookseller before shifting to children’s publishing and has worked at a literary development company and a creative writing website for teens and as a book reviewer of children’s and young adult novels. He is tall for no reason and lives in Los Angeles. Visit him online at www.adamsilvera.com.

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Books by Adam Silvera

More Happy Than Not

History Is All You Left Me

They Both Die at the End

What If It’s Us (with Becky Albertalli)

The Infinity Cycle

Infinity Son

Infinity Reaper

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Quill Tree Books is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

INFINITY REAPER. Copyright © 2021 by Adam Silvera. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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Cover art © 2021 by Kevin Tong

Cover design by Erin Fitzsimmons

Digital Edition MARCH 2021 ISBN: 978-0-06-288235-6

Print ISBN: 978-0-06-288231-8 (trade bdg.)

ISBN 978-0-06-308476-6 (intl. ed.)

ISBN 978-0-06-307530-6 (signed ed.)

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