The release date for the English version of 'The Pledge' by
Kimberly Derting is Nov 2011. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The language that people use clearly separates the classes in the warring nation of Ludania. The slightest offense, such as glancing at someone from a higher social level when they are speaking in their mother language, is immediately punished by death. Charlaina, who is seventeen years old, has always been able to comprehend people from all social groups, but she has tried her whole life to keep this ability a secret. The drug-fueled underground clubs are the only places she can really feel free, where people go to escape the harsh laws of their everyday existence. There, she meets Max, a charming and enigmatic lad who speaks a language she has never heard of, and her secret is almost revealed.
Charlie finds herself drawn to Max despite her uncertainty about his true allegiance. Charlie holds the key to something far more significant as the emergency drills give way to a genuine crisis and the violence intensifies: her nation's sole hope for liberation from the dreadful authority of a lethal tyranny.