Sixteen-year-old Koral and her older brother Emrik risk their lives each day to capture the monstrous maristags that live in the black seas around their island. Perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Fable, this South Asian-inspired fantasy is a gripping debut about the power of the elite, the price of glory, and one girl’s chance to change it all. It seems like almost no one believes that Koral can win this race.Synopsis: She grew up battling the monsters that live in the black seas, but it couldn’t prepare her to face the cunning cruelty of the ruling elite. The three days of the race are nonstop action, with unexpected attacks by swarms of aqua bats, rebel Renters, and other charioteers looking to scare Koral off, as well as tense encounters with Dorian, a former Lander friend of Koral’s who is competing against her. Not only must she race with a barely tamed maristag and a decrepit chariot, she must also bear the hostility of both the Landers and the other Renters for not knowing her place. In desperation, Koral finds a way to participate in the Glory Race, although she will be the first Renter to do so. They have one maristag, a female, left, but fail to catch a male to breed her with.
This year, however, it looks like Emrik and Koral’s luck has run out. Hunters catch and train the wild sea monsters called maristags, which are used in the Glory Race held every four years.
Koral’s family are, by tradition, Hunters, a special class of Renters which have a few more privileges, than most others. Koral’s angry father, quiet mother and sick little sister depend on her and her brother Emrik to earn enough to keep the simple dwelling they live in, and to buy her sister’s medicine.
The Landers live protected inside a cool place called the Terrafort, safe from the dangers that the Renters experience every day. Koral belongs a to class of people called Renters, who don’t own land, or in many cases, even have proper dwellings. In our narrator Koral’s world-an oceanic world full of sea monsters, brutal heat, and only a few islands-choices are limited. Today I talked to Tanvi Berwah about Monsters Born and Made(Sourcebooks Fire, 2022).
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