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Melissa Landers writes science fiction for teens and the young at heart. The Alienated trilogy (ALIENATED, INVADED, UNITED) and the Starflight duology (STARFLIGHT, STARFALL) are complete! Look for Melissa's middle grade debut BLASTAWAY, now available from Disney-Hyperion.

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Average rating: 3.83 · 66,833 ratings · 10,628 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Alienated (Alienated, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 23,628 ratings — published 2014 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Starflight (Starflight, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 13,595 ratings — published 2016 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Half King (The Half King, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 10,649 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invaded (Alienated, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 7,431 ratings — published 2015 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Starfall (Starflight, #2) 3.56 avg rating — 3,192 ratings — published 2017 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	United (Alienated, #3) 3.78 avg rating — 2,488 ratings — published 2016 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Until Midnight (Alienated, #1.5) 3.98 avg rating — 2,014 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Make Me a Liar 3.68 avg rating — 561 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lumara 3.75 avg rating — 480 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blastaway 3.87 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Dear Reader: I wrote this bonus scene for the Fairyloot edition of The Half King. The scene takes place several hours after the epilogue ends, and it’s told from the point of view of my favorite character, Blue. I hope you enjoy it!

LORD BLUE SOLON

Blue awoke in the darkness and shifted on the bed. The dark-haired man called King had kicked him again. Blue glowered at the man but decided not to bi

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“He prepared the richest, most indulgent and disgusting dish imaginable - a bowl of fudge ripple ice-cream topped with chocolate syrup, semi-sweet chocolate morsels, chocolate sprinkles, and, for good measure, a chocolate brownie from the pantry. He even garnished it with a handful of M&M's.

(...) "Look what I made for you. A bowl of diabetes.”
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“Her dad's voice boomed from inside the house. "I've got a Glock, a shovel, and five acres of woods, Johnson!”
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message 6: by Nikki

Jun 23, 2016 12:40PM

Thanks for accepting my friend request. I read Alienated and Invaded in 2 days and can't wait to get my hands on United!

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message 5: by Linda

Mar 21, 2016 02:12AM

Hi Melissa,

I just finished reading Starflight, and I totally loved it, it is one of my favourite books so far this year. I hope we don't have to wait too long for the next one :)

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message 4: by Misty

Dec 28, 2014 05:08PM

I fell in love with the cover art and even though I'm not usually one to enjoy books about aliens or space...once I started reading Alienated I couldn't put it down. Alienated has quickly and quite easily made it's way onto my favorites list. I couldn't wait to finish but when I did I was sad it was over. Can not wait to read Invaded. I'll be pre-ordering my copy ASAP! :D

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message 3: by tiTa

Oct 24, 2014 07:48AM

Hi! You accepting my friend request, Thank you so much. I just finished reading the Alienated and that is soo good! Thank you for make an awesome book! And I can't wait to read the Invaded ^^
Good luck for you, Melissa Landers. Greetings from Indonesia :)

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message 2: by Julia

Sep 02, 2014 07:15AM

Thank you so much for accepting my friend request! God, I loved Alienated so much, everything about it was perfect. Haha I'm the girl whose book review you've retweeted on Twitter, thanks again for that! It literally made me so happy! :)
Love, Jules

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message 1: by L

Feb 16, 2014 12:19AM

Thanks for acepting my friendship request! ALIENATED looks amazing. x

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