Jix was called in for closer surveillance. Each rumor was more outlandish than the last, and no one knew for sure if any of them were true. Others said that she never made the journey herself-that something strange and mysterious happened to her, but no one could agree as to what it was. Then with a train full of followers and slaves, she rode a powerful locomotive across the river. With the help of her own skinjackers, she had destroyed a living-world bridge, causing it to cross into Everlost. His Excellency had created a barrier of wind upon the Mississippi River to keep her and other intruders out, but the Eastern Witch was shrewd and relentless. Afterlights such as the Eastern Witch-the one they called Mary Hightower. Reconnaissance was Jix’s specialty: tracking and spying on Afterlights who His Excellency the King believed to be a threat. He preferred wild jaguars, living in the jungles of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula-creatures that hadn’t lost their will to hunt. He had taken on the name “Jix”-one of the many Mayan words for “jaguar”-due to his inclination toward great cats, and he furjacked one every chance he got. Muscular magic in a compact four-legged frame, perfectly designed for running, stalking, and killing. The boy jacked a jaguar, slipping into its sleek body and sending its simple feline mind to sleep. Mikey encounters a creature that scares even the mighty McGill: a scar wraith, whose touch can extinguish an Afterlight forever.Īs fights and schemes come to a head, it becomes clear that the outcome of this battle will determine not just the fate of Everlost, but the fate of the living world as well. At his side is Nick the Chocolate Ogre, who has become pure chocolate and hardly remembers himself at all. Meanwhile, Mikey McGill desperately tries to rescue Allie the Outcast. A furjacker who skinjacks great cats, Jix has his own agenda.

Mary’s army is joined by a newcomer: Jix, a spy for the Mayan King of Everlost. In the stunning conclusion to the Skinjacker trilogy by New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Neal Shusterman, the final battle for the very soul of Everlost rages on.Īs Mary Hightower slumbers in a glass coffin waiting to be reborn back into Everlost, her allies and henchmen begin to carry out her terrible mission. “Compellingly readable and a worthy finale to the Skinjacker trilogy.” - VOYA

Everlost by Neal Shusterman