I've read several novels in the last few years with female protagonists and none of them are as amazing as Vega. Baldacci proves that his pen can engage youth as well as adults.' - Richard Paul Evans, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Michael Vey series “Vega Jane has stolen my heart. Baldacci knows how to deliver thrills.' - Brandon Mull, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fablehaven series ' The Finisher is an enchanting romp through a fantastical world worthy of Rowling or Brooks. Praise for The Finisher : 'This vividly described tale takes readers to an original fantasy world full of strange creatures, intriguing relationships, and long-lost secrets. Master storyteller David Baldacci unleashes a hurricane of action and adrenaline that takes readers to the breaking point. And survival might come at a price not even Vega Jane is willing to pay. The Quag will throw everything at Vega Jane. It's a living, breathing prison designed to keep enemies out and the villagers of Wormwood in. But the Quag is worse than Vega Jane's darkest imagining. In order to leave Wormwood and discover the truth about her world, Vega and her best friend Delph must find a way to make it across a terrifying land of bloodthirsty creatures and sinister magic. Now just one thing stands between Vega Jane and freedom - the Quag. And she believed it - until the night she stumbled across a secret that proved that everything she knew was a lie.

She was told there was nothing outside but the Quag, a wilderness filled with danger and death.

Vega Jane was always told no one could leave the town of Wormwood.

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