by Ramona Finn
Genre: YA Dystopian
Release Date: September 5th 2016
Summary from Goodreads:
On the brink of extinction, being human means more than just surviving.
In Lib’s world, it’s dangerous to deviate from the norm. In fact, for someone who doesn’t live up to the Artificial Intelligence’s standards, it’s practically a death sentence. Lib learns this the hard way when she wakes up in a barren wasteland, with her memories erased, and only one thought lodged in her mind:
“It’s all my fault.”
Lib is a Glitch—an imperfect human component of the utopian world called the Norm. Now she’s thrown out, Lib will be forced to team up with another Glitch, Raj, and the mysterious Rogue Wolf and his clan to survive. Wolf only cares about the survival of his group, but Raj thinks they can hack the A.I. and change the Norm for the better.
Now, Lib will have to decide which path to choose—whether to go with striking loner Raj or stay with Wolf and his tight-knit group. Her heart is drawn to both, but she’s carrying a deadly secret that could jeopardize them all. Will she be able to save her newfound family and stop the A.I. before it’s too late?
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Excerpt #2
Wolf
turns out to be tall. Taller than both me and Skye by a lot. His
shoulders branch out, broad and thick, encased in a dark cloth that
maybe is black or maybe is just really dark and looks black because
of the dim lighting. His arms are large, shaped by ropes of thick
muscle. His waist dips and then his legs are the same as his arms,
thick with muscles, which are only just hinted at beneath tanned
cloth that doesn’t look like cloth but more like soft skin. It’s
only when I’ve made it down to the tall black he wears on his feet
that I jerk my stare back up to the top of him to find his face.
A
face that is surprisingly young.
His
muscles and size make him seem older, larger, but softness still
lingers in his face. Enough to tell me he is barely older than me.
Or
barely older than Skye seems to think I am.
“Who’s
this?” His deep voice washes over me in a wave that could be
comforting, could be menacing. It is still too early to tell.
“Lib.
Glitch just tossed. Found her outside the Norm.”
“Skye
led me across the stinking, blazing hot sand. She said this is one of
the better places. Places where you can still grow some things and
where you can find shade and water.” The more I talk, the more
Wolf’s mouth pulls down. I brush at the dirt on the cloth that
covers me—the jumpsuit, Skye called it. I’m dirty, tired, hungry,
thirsty, and starting to not like Wolf. He’s looking at me as if
I’m trash to dump. I’m a Glitch. And I’m not like Skye.
I
tear my eyes away from Wolf and glance at Skye. She stands beside him
now. She’s smiling, but she shifts on her feet and reaches up with
one hand to tug her hair forward over one shoulder.
Wolf’s
lips tug down even more. I realize with a start that he doesn’t
like me and I’m surprised to find this disappoints me. A lot. I’m
not sure why; he’s not important.
“A-are
you a Glitch?” I ask with a stutter.
His
voice turns unfriendly, and he looks straight at Skye. “You
should have left her.”
“The
way you left me? Wolf, she can be useful. She helped me with the
hack.” Skye spreads her hands wide.
“Helped
enough to get water access?”
Skye
drops her head low and stares at the ground. We stand in a hole—well,
we came into this through a hole, but this place is both cool and
warm. The walls seem smooth—someone made this place. Light
flickers, which is odd, and I don’t understand how the light can
jump as it does. It comes from a spot on the ground instead of from
above, and the air smells of smoke, but it is not a bad smell. Not
like a circuit burning.
That
thought leaves me frowning, but before I can trace it back to where
it came from, Wolf folds his arms across his broad chest, causing the
muscles to stand out. “You
know law, Skye. You brought a stranger into the clan.”
Skye
looks up, her blue eyes going bright. “Where
else will she go? She’s a Glitch and wiped, too. She saved my
life—I know law about that, too. That makes her clan.”
His
gaze flickers to me and then back to Skye. “Wiped?
You sure?”
Skye
shrugs. “She
couldn’t even remember her name at first. I know wiped when I see
it.”
About the Author
Ramona Finn writes about courageous characters who fight to live in broken, dystopian worlds. She believes a person's true characters is often revealed in times of crisis, and there is no greater crisis than the worlds that she drops her characters into!
She grew up sitting cross-legged on her town's library floor--completely engrossed in science fiction books. It was always the futuristic world or the universe-on-the-brink-of-extinction plotlines that drew her in, but it was the brave characters who chose to fight back that kept her turning the pages.
Her books create deep, intricate worlds with bold characters determined to fight for their survival in their dystopian worlds--with a little help from their friends. And, of course, romance is never out of the question ;)
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