Linked by Imogen Howson (review)
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On the distant planet of Sekoia, seventeen-year-old Lissa Ivory is shocked to find that her strange visions are actually a result of a telepathic link to a twin; even more shockingly, Lissa’s twin was voluntarily given over to the government at birth, raised as a non-human Spare, and subjected to terrifying experiments. After finding each other, Lissa and Lin escape aboard a government space vessel captained by Lissa’s longtime crush, Cadan, only to find that bounty hunters are on their trail. Action-packed and thoroughly engrossing, this novel offers readers a classic sci-fi, space-travel adventure at its best. Tightly controlled pacing regularly ups the tension but never at the expense of the emotionally wrought human relationships. Well-known genre conventions, like terraforming and hyperdrives, feel fresh and original, and the text gives equal time to intriguing alien worlds, awesome scientific inventions, and familiar family drama. The blossoming romance between Lissa and Cadan emerges in small, pulse-quickening moments, while the focus of the story stays with the sisters as they fight for Lin’s humanity and struggle to learn what it means to be family. Fans of hard science fiction with a smart, slightly gooey, heartfelt center will happily travel across the universe with these characters and anxiously await expected sequels.
