Portrait of a Marshal: The 2nd Unhidden Story

Starters #1.25

by Lissa Price

Dies ist eine Welt, in der nur noch Starters und Enders leben. Eine Welt, in der alte Menschen mit jungen ihr Bewusstsein tauschen können. Eine Welt, in der die 16-jährige Callie alles dafür tut, den Enders ihr letztes Geheimnis zu entreißen und ihren Gegenspieler, den geheimnisvollen "Old Man", zu enttarnen ... "Porträt eines Marshals" ist die exklusive Bonus-Story für alle "Starters"-Fans und der perfekte Einstieg in das Universum der US-Bestsellerautorin Lissa Price.
In der Zukunft gibt es nur noch sehr alte und junge Menschen. Mittellos kämpfen die 16-jährige Callie und ihr kleiner Bruder auf der Straße ums Überleben. Callie entschließt sich daher zu dem Undenkbaren: Sie verleiht ihren Körper an einen alten Menschen, dessen Bewusstsein übernimmt ihren Körper und kann so wieder jung sein. Doch alles verläuft anders als geplant ... Wie es nach »Porträt eines Marshals« weitergeht, erfährst du im Roman »Enders« bei ivi.

Genres: Dystopia, Young Adult, Short Stories, Science Fiction, Novella, Fiction, Fantasy

29 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Lissa Price’s debut novel STARTERS is an award-winning, international bestseller published in over thirty countries. Dean Koontz called this YA futuristic thriller “a smart, swift, inventive, altogether gripping story.” The LA Times said it is “Dystopian science-fiction at its best,” and “Readers who have been waiting for a worthy successor to ‘The Hunger Games’ will find it here.”

STARTERS was a Barnes & Noble pick of the month and one of only four debuts on the B&N Best Teen Books of 2012. It was awarded the its Eselsohr for Best YA Book in 2012, selected by a jury of teens in Germany, and was chosen as a top ten favorite book of 2012 by both French and German readers. It won the Crimezone Award for Best YA Thriller and is one of the LAPL's and Chicago Public Library's Best Teen Books of 2012.

Starters was chosen for the IRA Reading List and is the only book nominated for both the Florida Teens Read List and the SSYRA Middle School List 2013-14.

In Germany, Starters launched a brand-new YA imprint of the established Piper Verlag publisher called IVI. Audiobooks have been recorded in English and German.

See the book trailer that played in front of the Hunger Games film in selected theaters in the US and abroad at her site. The release dates for Enders will be announced by the publishers of each country, with some starting in May 2013.

If you want to contact Lissa, please do it through her website, fb, twitter or tumblr and not here. She's happy to email you back if you reach out to her that way. She thanks everyone for their support!

Reviews

[Océano de libros · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cuatro estrellas.
Este relato corto me ha gustado mucho, es una parte que no se había explorado o desarrollado en la novela. Desde el punto de vista de un ender, más concretamente un marshall iremos tras la pista unos misteriosos asesinatos de starters. Con la aparición del famoso Viejo en Destinos de Plenitud. Y también veremos cómo se hace el alquiler desde el punto de vista de un ender.

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[Tez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Long time since I read Starters and Enders, but I got back into their world easily and enjoyed this installment. I liked that Ender Walsh cared about the murdered Starter girls.

[destinypotato14 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was kinda boring ngl

[Jamie Krakover · Rating 5 out of 5]

See the Starter's world through the eyes of an Ender Marshal who is trying to solve the murder of many young and beautiful teen girls. When his search leads him to Prime Destinations, things may be more complicated than he anticipated.

This second short from Starters series, is an interesting look at the world from the other side. We get a peek into what it's like to be an Elder who surprisingly sympathizes with the Starters who have no where else to go. It's interesting to watch as this Ender goes head to head with the old man, and he scrambles to learn the truth about the dead Starters. And ultimately tries to solve the murder of his granddaughter. I enjoyed another visit to this world and I am looking forward to Enders.

[S.L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh my gosh, the ending! How does Lissa Price do it every time? Just when we think all the Marshals are jaded and cruel after more than half a century on the job, we meet Jenny's Grandpa and see a whole different side of the STARTERS' world. Like all the Starters stories I loved this one, but Portrait of a Marshal really has its own unique appeal. Not only did I love becoming sympathetic to a bad guy--a marshal!--but this story really vibrates with thriller excitement! It totally drew me in like the best of crime investigations and the climax in Club Rune couldn't have been more perfect. Good riddance, Margaret! Is it wrong that I want her trance dress?

[Sarah Insomnia · Rating 4 out of 5]

While many of these new in-between ebook stories (which seem to be a fad) are mediocre at best, this really went above and beyond my expectations. Not only was the point of view interesting, but the mini companion story-arc to the series could really carry its own. The characters were strong, and while the 'mystery' didn't come as much of a shock, the resolution was satisfying.

This one was worth the money!

[Tina K · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lissa Price does it again with 'Portrait of a Marshal'. This wonderfully written short is an asset to the Starters/Enders world the author has created.

It was fantastic being able to view the world from an Elder's perspective who is sympathetic to the Starters. The Ender Marshal is trying to solve the murders of young girls and his search becomes complicated when his investigation leads him to Prime Destinations.

I can't wait for more!

[Ann Mat · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Everybody wants to be someone else," he says "Do you blame them?" he asks.”



Lesson learned: You have to choose the lesser evil. This book shows that a Marshal can be a victim. I'm not satisfied though because 1 marshal cannot speak for another hundred marshal. I know that his intent is good but the aftereffects matters most.

[Carolyne · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a good story to read that can be read before or after reading Starters.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great little story that hooks into the world Lissa Price has created in her starters-enders world.

[Mafi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Deu para perceber o quanto eu não me interesso em continuar esta série.

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

Also not bad, like the other one :')

[Scarlet · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hat mir wesentlich besser gefallen als die erste Bonusgeschichte. Hier passiert wenigstens etwas und es kommt sogar auf diesen wenigen Seiten ein wenig Spannung auf.

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Une nouvelle dans l’univers de Starters-Enders.

J’ai adoré ce court récit sur un personnage. On comprend un peu l’univers des marshalls, les bons et les mauvais.

Dommage que la série se soit terminée après 2 tomes.

[Rachelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bizarre to look at this world through a marshal's eyes!

[Domi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tohle se mi líbilo ještě víc než Portrait of a Donor. :)

[Vic · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐

[Christine (KizzieReads) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice to see that not all marshals are bad. There are still some good ones who aren't corrupted.

[Katzenkindliest · Rating 3 out of 5]

Überraschend gut, 3,5 Sterne

[Angie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not all Enders/Marshalls are cruel and dismissive of the poor Starters. It was interesting to see this world from another side, however short it was.

[Elena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sind alle Enders böse? Nicht ganz. Insbesondere die Marshals sind unter dem Starters wegen ihrer Unbarmherzigkeit gefürchtet. Doch auch Marshals haben Starters als Familienangehörige. Als seine Enkelin Jenny ermordet wird, begibt sich der Marshal auf die Suche.

Seine Ermittlungen führen ihn zu Prime Destinations. Um seine Ermittlungen fortsetzen zu können, muss er seine Ersparnisse opfern und in den Körper eines Spenders schlüpfen. Kann er die Mordserie unter den unbeanspruchten Minderjährigen aufklären?

Meinung

Eine interessante Kurzgeschichte, in die der Leser mitten in die Egoperspektive des Marshals katapultiert wird. Direkt auf der ersten Seite ermittelt dieser in einem Mordfall. Schnell wird klar, dass er seine Enkelin Jenny auf ähnliche Weise verloren hat und dies nicht auf sich beruhen lassen will. Die Spur führt schnell zu Prime Destination und der Leser erfährt, wie das Mieten eines Spenders im Detail abläuft. Am Ende steht die Überführung des Mörders der Spender.

Es gibt nur zwei Dinge, die mich gestört haben. Zum einen fragte ich mich die ganze Zeit ob und wo ich diesen Marshal in "Starters" getroffen habe. Die Kurzgeschichte ist mit 1.25 gekennzeichnet und es wirkt so, als würde sie vor oder zeitgleich mit "Starters" spielen. Außerdem wirkte die Figur des Marshal vage bekannt. Dennoch kann ich ihn ohne ein weiteres Lesen von "Starters" nicht einordnen. Und zum anderen bleibt die Aufklärung der Morde etwas nebulös. Warum genau wurden die Spender nun getötet? *SPOILER* Wegen der Angst, dass sie sich an etwas erinnern, woran sie sich nicht erinnern sollten? Und was genau wäre das Schlimmes gewesen, was um jeden Preis vertuscht werden musste? */SPOILER*

Doch ansonsten hat mir die Kurzgeschichte gut gefallen, sie war ein richtiger kleiner Thriller und auch oder gerade weil recht wenig über den Marshal bekannt wird (wurd überhaupt mal sein Name erwähnt?), war er ein sympathischer Protagonist. Gut gemacht, Lissa Price!

Fazit

Spannende Kurzgeschichte, die aber paar Fragen offen lässt

4 Sterne

[JudgyK · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lissa Price has a few “Unhidden Stories” that supposedly were hidden once upon a time but have become unhidden as she and/or her publisher have released them to the world. Portrait of a Marshal is one, just like Portrait of a Starter: An Unhidden Story was. I don’t know if they’re just e-books or not. I could look it up, but I won’t. I borrowed them in e-form from the Chicago Public Library and that means they were electronic and free and that’s so convenient I just let it go.

In the world of Starters, everyone is young (a Starter) or old (an Ender). Enders control everything: money, resources, law. Starters either must be claimed by an Ender family member, or spend their time on the run trying to avoid being placed in a state home. But, even being claimed by an Ender relative isn’t always enough. Sometimes, even claimed Starters disappear, which causes many of the developments in Starters.

Marshals are Ender law enforcement officials. Their job is to keep those darn kids off the streets and locked up where they can be safe. The titular Marshal is unnamed, but he sympathizes with the Starters and wants to help them rather than strictly enforce the law. His granddaughter, Jenny, was murdered. He is on a quest to find out WHY and WHO and all that jazz, and of course his search brings him to Prime Destinations. This company is up to no good.

It’s a nice reminder that Starters and Enders don’t have to be enemies, although many of the events of Starters pointed that out quite well. They all seem to have a common enemy in Prime Destinations, and I’m curious to see where it all goes in Enders and the third Unhidden story (which for now is still hidden).

[Nanie Hurley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Uma deliciosa aventura de um Ender que ainda se importa com os Starters, mesm​​o os renegados.


Bom!

Esse conto gratuito (clique aqui para fazer o download da história) publicado pela Novo Conceito é uma história extra da série Starters e Enders.
A história do inspetor Walsh se passa no mesmo mundo em que a história principal, mas não está exatamente conectada a ela. Acontece antes do primeiro livro e pode ser lida sem problemas por quem ainda não leu nada da série.
Aliás, o conto serve mesmo com uma introdução ao mundo criado por Lissa Price - então leia sem medo!

De fato, o melhor momento para a leitura é mesmo antes do primeiro volume da série, mas não foi assim comigo. Eu já havia lido o primeiro conto extra e o primeiro volume antes de me deparar com esse conto. E não há problema algum! Não ler esse conto (ou o primeiro extra) não interfere na leitura do livro e a recíproca também é verdadeira. Isso é muito bacana, pois dá ao leitor uma liberdade incrível para optar em ler ou não a obra, sem influenciar na leitura da história principal.
Walsh e sua busca pela verdade é uma delícia de narrativa. Lissa Price realmente tem uma escrita que é deliciosa e não foi diferente nesse conto que é narrado da perspectiva do inspetor. O mais bacana é que dessa vez eu tive uma visão diferente de um Ender - uma ideia que ainda não havia sido proporcionada pela leitura das outras duas aventuras. Talvez ler esse conto antes, já com essa perspectiva diferente dê uma nova visão à leitura de Starters (olha um motivo bom para uma releitura!).

Por se tratar de um conto apenas, é uma história que não entra em muitos detalhes sobre o mundo em que tudo ocorre e nem mesmo detalha muito os personagens que participam da trama.
Ainda assim, porém, é uma história bastante divertida e uma leitura que vale a pena!

Se você já leu Starters e curtiu, leia esse conto e veja o mundo de Callie pela perspectiva de um inspetor, vale a pena!


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[Rika - (The Unpretentious Reader) · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Would you like to be young again? Play any kind of sport you used to? All day long, with no soreness the next day? ...
We have a proprietary process that can make it happen.

Be somebody... else."

This is from the conversation between the Ender Marshall, Walsh, and the CEO. I find it makes a perfect tagline for the company.

Walsh, put all her life saving in an investment, renting a Starter body for 3 days, it might be worth it if it'll get him to uncover the truth about the Starters murders springing everywhere. It'll be worth it if he can find out who killed his granddaughter.

Margaret, a creepy high profile Ender who rents Starters, she use them in a disgusting way and kill them right after so no one will be the wiser. It's not like anyone would care about an unclaimed minor now, would they?

I like this much more than the previous Portrait.
It sheds soooo much more light on The Starters & Enders universe, and gives us a glimpse of what it might also mean to be an Ender.

His voice... I know people who suffered damage and had to use an electronic voice box. I wonder what his story is?

Oh, believe me! That makes two of us!
Prime Destination's CEO is an enigma. Maddening one! He hides everything about him and I'm just dying to know what's his secret? I'm torn between two things He's neither a Starter not an Ender, someone who managed to survive the Spore War but came out badly disfigured he has to maintain incognito. Or that This is all a horrible experiment and he's the one orchestrating it.

OK. I know. Too far fetched, but am at my wits end here.. We're given nothing to formulate any decent ideas!!!! December 31st feels like hundred light years away.

The novella ends in a powerful statment:
"Everybody wants to be someone else"
- "Do you blame them?"
When they don't even know who they are, I'm not sure I don't.

[Vanessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Leggendo questa serie abbiamo imparato a conoscere gli Ender, a conoscere gli sceriffi e il terrore che incutono ai giovani Starters, ma Trace Walsh è diverso. E' ossessionato dall'omicidio di sua nipote Jenny. Per questo, quando diverse ragazze molto giovani vengono trovate brutalmente uccise, decide che non può stare fermo a guardare. Trova un indizio, un biglietto da visita della Prime Destination, addosso ad una delle ragazze uccise, e decide di indagare per conto suo. Quando scopre di cosa si occupa la Prime Destination affitta lui stesso il giovane corpo di uno Starter per indagare dall'interno e scopre che tutte le ragazze assassinate sono state affittate dalla stessa donna: è lei l'assassina che sta cercando? La storia si svolge in parallelo a quella di Callie, senza mai incrociarla. Per la prima volta abbiamo il punto di vista di un Ender, Trace però non è come gli altri, a lui importa davvero della sicurezza degli Starters e vuole aiutarli ad ogni costo, soprattutto visto che non ha potuto aiutare sua nipote a rimanere in vita. Anche lei è vittima dello stesso assassino che sta uccidendo metodicamente una serie di ragazze giovani e carine, tutte donatrici della Prime. Mi è piaciuto molto questo personaggio e il fatto che abbiamo finalmente avuto anche il punto di vista di un Ender. Finora sono stati descritti come personaggi senza scrupoli, egoisti e crudeli, ma come sempre non si può fare di tutta l'erba un fascio. Trace è generoso e gentile, in ogni ragazza vede la sua Jenny, vede i suoi occhi e la sua bellezza in ognuna di loro, ed è pronto a rischiare anche la vita per scoprire chi le ha uccise. Una storia davvero travolgente, con un protagonista anziano, ma carismatico, che non può che conquistarvi.

[Tanja · Rating 4 out of 5]

>>Diese Rezension und viele mehr findet ihr auch hier: http://wort-welten.blogspot.de/

Die Starters, die noch verbliebene junge Generation, fürchtet sich vor seinesgleichen - den Marshals aus den Reihen der Enders, der alten Generation. Doch dieser Marshal ist anders. Auch er hat wie so viele andere seine Enkelin verloren. Anders als die anderen Großeltern, deren Enkelkinder nie wieder von der Body Bank wiederkehrten, weiß er jedoch, dass seine Enkelin tot ist. Doch er will einfach wissen, wie das passieren konnte. Wie sie an Prime Destinations, die so genannte Body Bank, geriet und dann getötet wurde. Und zu diesem Zweck wird er selbst Kunde des mysteriösen Old Man ...

Nun also die zweite Bonusgeschichte zur Starters & Enders-Reihe von Lissa Price. Verglichen mit Porträt eines Starters - zur Rezension - war dieses E-Book jedoch fast doppelt so lang wie die erste Zusatzgeschichte - und das war auch nicht schlecht so. Denn wieder gefiel mir die Geschichte ganz gut und ich habe sie auch gerne gelesen. Und - ganz im Ernst - endlich mal ein Marshal, der symapthisch war. Es gibt sie also doch. Allerdings bleiben auch hier wieder ein paar Fragen offen, weshalb ich auch zu jenem Ergebnis komme ...

[AlenGarou · Rating 3 out of 5]

Era da molto che non leggevo qualcosa di questa serie e devo ammettere che è stato come ritrovare un vecchio amico. Il mondo creato dalla Price è unico e interessante. Le vicende degli Ender e degli Starter catturano il lettore, trasportandolo in una realtà totalmente diversa dalla nostra, ma non così irragiungibile. Chi lo sa, forse tra cent'anni uno scenario del genere potrebbe essere nella norma.
Ad ogni modo, sono sia felice di questi brani, che completano la visione dei due romanzi, sia delusa dalla loro lunghezza.
In Breve storia di un Ender, il punto di vista sarà di Trace Walsh, un detective che contrariamente al credo comune degli Ender, indagherà sugli omicidi di alcune ragazzine. Il tutto, grazie all'aiuto del Vecchio (chi l'avrebbe mai detto). La vicenda ha una buona trama, ma tutto accade troppo velocemente. Anche se ben dscritto, avrei preferito qualcosa in più.

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this short tale of a marshal searching for who killed his granddaughter slightly more than the brief Portrait of a Starter: An Unhidden Story. I think, mostly, this was because the marshal was unknown to the reader, and so the author had to establish his purpose and background. Toward the end I got the sneaky feeling that this character may have appeared in Starters, but overall this felt complete.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

From the point of view of an Ender Marshal (like a police officer), this story shows that not all the marshals are nasty jerks who like hurting Starters. The marshal attempts to solve a string of murders of Starters by going undercover.

This story was the best of the bunch. The Enders are shown in the novels as largely selfish, unkind, wealthy, jerks, but this gentleman is sympathetic to the suffering of unclaimed minors and wants to help them. It's unrealistic to think all the older people are the same negative way, so seeing one act more reasonably helps Ms.Price's world building a lot.

[Joaquin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like this novella because it shows the positive side of a Marshal named Walsh. Not all Marshals are good, and most Starters are terrified of them. But in this story, Walsh goes to investigate the murders of young female Starters because one of his own daughter, Jenny, died because she was a donor.

I like how that just because you're someone that has power doesn't mean you have to abuse it. You have the power to save lives, and Walsh is one of the Marshals that respects his power and authority.

Overall I like this novella more than the other ones.