Scarlet

to track down the girl who programmed this chip, and she’s going to tell me everything she knows about Luna and its security and all the queen’s secrets.”
    Click. Click. Click.
    “And then I’m going to stop hiding.”

 
    Acknowledgments
    It’s amazing how many people it takes to bring a book into the world, and this one is no exception.
    First and foremost, I want to thank my four spectacular beta readers for their brilliance, patience, enthusiasm, and all-around awesomeness: Jennifer Johnson, Tamara Felsinger, Meghan Stone-Burgess, and Whitney Faulconer, you make me a better writer.
    To my wonderfully supportive editor, Liz Szabla, and everyone at Feiwel and Friends, thank you for making each step of this journey so much fun. Rich Deas, Jean Feiwel, Elizabeth Fithian, Lizzie Mason, Anna Roberto, Allison Verost, Holly West, Ksenia Winnicki, Jon Yaged, and countless others who have had an impact on these books, you are rock stars and I am so proud to be a part of your publishing family.
    To my agency team, Jill Grinberg, Cheryl Pientka, and Katelyn Detweiler, who have worked relentlessly to get these books into the hands of readers all over the world, thank you for continuously making me feel like the luckiest author on the planet.
    I’d like to give special thanks to my editor at Pocket Jeunesse in France, Xavier D’Almeida, who agreed to look at an early draft and check for authentic setting details, helped choose the perfect location for Benoit Farms, and also saved me from poisoning the poor chickens, thank heavens.
    To my 2012 debut kindred spirits, the Apocalypsies, and particularly, my local writing group: J. Anderson Coats, Megan Bostic, Marissa Burt, Daniel Marks, and Jennifer Shaw Wolf, thanks for making this year rock. I look forward to watching your writing careers flourish for many years to come.
    I give all the gratitude in the world to my friends and family who have been with me every step of the way, to my brother, Jeff, for loaning me all those books on spaceships, and to my wonderful husband, Jesse—one year into our happily ever after and counting.
    And last, but never least, I heartily thank all the readers, teachers, booksellers, librarians, reviewers, and bloggers who keep the love alive.



 
    About the Author
    Marissa Meyer’s first book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder , debuted on the New York Times bestseller list and has won her many fans, all of whom eagerly await Scarlet . Marissa lives in Tacoma, Washington, with her husband and their three cats. Visit her blog at www.marissameyer.com .



A F EIWEL AND F RIENDS B OOK
    An Imprint of Macmillan
    SCARLET. Copyright © 2013 by Marissa Meyer. All rights reserved. For information, address Feiwel and Friends, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
    Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
    Meyer, Marissa.
    Scarlet / Marissa Meyer. — 1st ed.
    p. cm. — (Lunar chronicles; 2)
    Summary: Scarlet Benoit and Wolf, a street fighter who may have information about her missing grandmother, join forces with Cinder as they try to stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana in this story inspired by Little Red Riding Hood.
    ISBN 978-0-312-64296-9 (hardcover)
    ISBN 978-1-250-03763-3 (e-book)
    [1.  Science fiction.   2.  Cyborgs—Fiction.   3.  Missing persons—Fiction.   4.  Extraterrestrial beings—Fiction.]   I.  Title.
    PZ7.M571737Sc 2013
    [Fic]—dc23
    20120340609
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    First Hardcover Edition: 2013
    eBook Edition: 2013
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