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311 pp.
| Holiday |
March, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8234-2108-4$16.95
(3)
YA
In the not-too-distant future, natural humans are segregated from genetically enhanced people and forced to live in squalor while the enhanced live in luxury. Maxo, a GemX, and Gala, a natural, find themselves drawn together after a government-generated explosion tries to wipe out the GemX generation due to a flaw in their genetic makeup. The book's premise is disturbing and the execution intriguing.