Shatter Me

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I have a curse. I have a gift. I am a monster. I’m more than human. My touch is lethal. My touch is power. I am their weapon. I will fight back.

Juliette Ferrars hasn’t touched another human being in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was a horrific accident, but the totalitarian regime known as The Reestablishment locked her away for murder regardless. No one understands why Juliette’s touch is instantly fatal to anyone she skin-to-skin contacts, and frankly, as long as she is kept securely locked away, no one really cares. The outer world is far too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a forgotten 17-year-old girl. Deadly diseases are rapidly decimating the population, sustainable food is incredibly scarce, birds have stopped flying, and the heavy clouds hanging in the sky are permanently the wrong color.

The Reestablishment originally claimed their strict, authoritarian rule was the only way to salvage the dying planet, so they tossed Juliette into a dark, isolated cell to rot. But now, with casualties mounting and the desperate survivors whispering of an all-out war, the regime has suddenly changed its mind. They are beginning to realize that Juliette might be far more than just a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she is exactly the lethal asset they need to crush the brewing resistance.

Thrown back into the light, Juliette is suddenly forced to make a definitive, life-altering choice: allow herself to be used as their ultimate weapon, or learn to harness her curse and become a warrior who fights back.

Shatter Me is the electrifying, globally acclaimed first book in Tahereh Mafi’s New York Times bestselling young adult dystopian series—a masterfully written, poetic, and high-stakes journey of self-discovery, survival, and forbidden romance.