Idols

Idols
Margaret Stohl

The second book in a breathtaking new series from Beautiful Creatures co-author Margaret Stohl

The Icons came from the sky. They belong to an inhuman enemy. They ended our civilization, and they can kill us…

…most of us.

Dol, Ro, Tima, and Lucas are the four Icon Children, the only humans immune to the Icon's power to stop a human heart. Now that Los Angeles has been saved, things are more complicated – and not just because Dol has to choose between Lucas and Ro, the two great loves of her life. As she flees to a resistance outpost hidden beneath a mountain, Dol makes contact with a fifth Icon Child, if only through her visions. When Dol and the others escape to Southeast Asia in search of this missing child, Dol's dreams, feelings and fears collide in an epic showdown that will change more than just four lives – and stop one heart forever.

In this riveting sequel to Icons, filled with nonstop action and compelling romance, bestselling author Margaret Stohl explores what it means to be human and how our greatest weakness can be humanity's strongest chance at survival.

Dedication (#u882b55ea-af9b-5be6-b001-71061c612a53)

For my friends in Chang Mai,

Chang Rai, Bangkok, Hong Kong,

Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore—and for their stories.

Khorb kun ka. Xie xie. Terima kasih.

PARCE METU. CEASE FROM FEAR.

—Virgil, The Aeneid

Table of Contents

Cover (#ub9b1b350-6a97-55ed-bf6e-74503458b0f4)

Title Page (#u6da6bcc5-6c46-5656-bdfd-f890ea61567e)

Dedication

Epigraph (#u71e84cd0-1c2f-5d98-accf-ea8636b67ca4)

Prologue: Pick a God and Pray

1. Wrecked

2. Out of Range

3. Rhumba of Rattlesnakes

4. Lost Highway

5. Dirt Nap

6. Animal Feet

7. Belter Mountain

8. Cold Welcome

9. The Idylls

10. Peculiar People

11. Belter Birds

12. Idylls’ End

13. Four

14. Dream Girl

15. Remnants

16. In a Heartbeat

17. Merk Secrets

18. Jump

19. Golden Gap

20. Buddha Bill

21. Old News

22. Hawkers

23. Ash

24. Wat Phra Kaew

25. Ping, Ching, and chang

26. Gone

27. Future Past

28. Lord Buddha

29. Moon Mountain

30. Jade Sunrise

31. Beyond Birds