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by Max wBarry

Penguin. 2013. 400p. ISBN 9781594205385. $26.95; pap. ISBN 9780143125426. $1.16; ebk. ISBN 9781101604908.

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Words have power, and in this pulse-pounding thriller special people called Poets have trained to be able to use words to control others. As the book opens, Wil Parke is kidnapped by two Poets who believe he is the only one who can stop a cataclysmic disaster. (LJ 5/1/13)

Reviewed by Megan M. McArdle , Mar 01, 2015

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