Ted Dekker 
Chosen 

The first in the Lost Books series, a YA spin-off of the New York Times bestselling Circle series,  Chosen sets four teens on a quest to save their world . . . and ours.Think with your heart and prepare to die . . .  for you have been Chosen.Thomas Hunter, supreme commander of the Forest Guard, has seen a great evil decimate much of his beautiful world. With a dwindling army and an epic threat, Thomas is forced to supplement his fighters with new recruits ages 16 and 17. From thousands, four will be chosen to lead a special mission.Unknown to Thomas, the chosen four are redirected to a different endgame. They must find the seven lost Books of History before the Dark One. For these seven books have immense power over the past, present, and future, controlling not only the destiny of their world . . . but that of ours as well. Book 1 of 6 in the Lost Books series (a spin-off of the Circle Series)Lost Books 1: Chosen Lost Books 2: Infidel Lost Books 3: Renegade Lost Books 4: Chaos Lost Books 5: Lunatic Lost Books 6: Elyon Circle Book 0: Green Circle Book 1: Black Circle Book 2: Red Circle Book 3: White Full-length book (70, 000 words)