"Finally, a novel of literary suspense that gets almost everything right--forensically and psychologically."--Sarah Weinman, _Baltimore Sun_ In this "mystery of cold beauty and dark isolation, written with crystalline precision" (_Miami Herald_), a series of crib deaths in Syracuse, New York, draws
Origin
β Scribed by Jessica Khoury
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group;Razorbill
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 188 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1101590726
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Pia has always known her destiny. She is meant to start a new race, a line of descendants who will bring an end to death. She has been bred for no other purpose, genetically engineered to be immortal and raised by a team of scientists in a secret compound hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest. Now those scientists have begun to challenge her, with the goal of training her to carry on their dangerous work.
For as long as she can remember, Pia's greatest desire has been to fulfill their expectations. But then one night she finds a hole in the impenetrable fence that surrounds her sterile home. Free in the jungle for the first time in her life, Pia meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. Unable to resist, she continues sneaking out to see him. As they fall in love, they begin to piece together the truth about Pia's originβa truth with nothing less than deadly consequences that will change their lives forever.
Origin is a beautifully told, electric new...
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