The Keeping Place
When a Misfit is kidnapped, Elspeth finds she has little choice but to join the growing rebellion against the Council. Her extraordinary mental powers could tip the scales of the struggle, but Elspeth feels torn between toppling the corrupt authoritarian regime and seeking clues vital to a more personal quest—her ambition to destroy what remains of the Beforetime weaponmachines.
About the Obernewtyn Chronicles Series
Books in series order
- 1.Obernewtyn(1987)
- 2.The Farseekers(1990)
- 3.Ashling(1995)
- 4.The Keeping Place(1999)
- 5.The Stone Key(2008)
- 6.The Sending(2011)
- 7.The Red Queen(2015)
Reading age: 12+ years
This series should be read in order.
The Obernewtyn Chronicles is a science fiction and fantasy series set in a post apocalyptic world, long after a global nuclear holocaust, called the 'Great White', has scourged the land. There are no machines, cars, computers, or planes, and in their place are horses and carts. Modern technology and information have been lost. The 'Great White' didn't only bring a reign of primitive technology: it brought mutants, those with extrasensory powers. A new government - the Council - orders these mutants, called Misfits, to be burned, and has appointed a religious authority, the Herder Faction, to hunt them down. This is the world that orphaned mutant teen Elspeth Gordie lives in. The novels deal with themes of responsibility, duty, prejudice, discrimination, tolerance, and human and animal rights.