The Illuminae Files #1 : Illuminae

The Illuminae Files #1: Illuminae

Literary awards : Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance (2016), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2017), Evergreen Teen Book Award Nominee (2018), Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2015), The Inky Awards for Gold Inky (2016), Lincoln Award Nominee (2019), Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Older Children (ages 8-14) (2015), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2015), The Inky Awards Shortlist for Gold Inky (2016), Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas Nominee for Mejor novela extranjera perteneciente a saga (2016)

Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the worst thing that could happen—until her planet is invaded. As enemy fire rains down, Kady and Ezra barely escape aboard an evacuating spacecraft, only to find themselves hunted by a relentless enemy warship. What follows is a fight for survival in deep space where nothing is as it seems.

A deadly mutating plague, a deeply unsettling artificial intelligence, and leaders who refuse to tell the truth push the surviving fleet toward chaos. As systems fail and secrets surface, Kady turns to data hacking to uncover what’s really happening. With lives on the line and trust in short supply, the only person who can help her expose the truth is the one she tried to leave behind—Ezra.

Told through a gripping dossier of hacked documents—emails, IMs, schematics, medical files, interviews, and classified reports—Illuminae is a high-octane sci-fi thriller about survival, love under fire, and the courage of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.

Keywords: Illuminae Files book 1, Illuminae novel, sci-fi YA thriller, space survival story, dystopian science fiction, AI gone wrong book, epistolary novel sci-fi, Jay Kristoff Amie Kaufman