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Children of Icarus by Caighlan Smith (view source)
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On a superficial level, ''Children of Icarus'' is a mash-up of ''The Hunger Games'' and ''The Maze Runner'' with an overlay of Greek mythology, but I don't think the action is really the point. Underneath the standard dystopian tropes, we have a mystery. What is the labyrinth? Who built it? Does Alyssia even exist? I think the identity of our girl ties into the answers to all these questions. But who knows? I could be wrong!
If you are looking for a new angle on the overheated dystopian market, ''Children of Icarus'' might just have it. Provided you enjoy a novel whose pace ebbs and flows and a central character who isn't one hundred percent per cent heroic at all times, I think you'll enjoy it.
Other dystopian quest stories you might not have come across include [[The Inferior by Peadar o Guilin]] and [[Silverhorse by Lene Kaaberbol]]. We loved them both. You might also enjoy [[The God Beneath the Sea by Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen]].
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