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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lu, Marie, 1984–

Prodigy : a Legend novel / Marie Lu.

p. cm.

Summary: June and Day make their way to Las Vegas, where they join the rebel Patriot group and become involved in an assassination plot against the Elector in hopes of saving the Republic.

[1. Fugitives from justice—Fiction. 2. Criminals—Fiction. 3. Soldiers—Fiction. 4. War—Fiction. 5. Government, Resistance to—Fiction. 6. Assassination—Fiction. 7. Science fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.L96768Pro 2012 [Fic]—dc23 2012003773

ISBN 978-1-101-60784-8