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312 pp.
| HarperTeen |
October, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-06-202610-1$17.99
(4)
YA
This sequel abruptly picks up where Variant left off. Benson has escaped from sinister Maxfield Academy and its robot students, only to encounter a town of those robots' human counterparts. They're connected to their robot "dupes"--and to Maxfield--through surgical implants. The story is more confusing than its predecessor, but with its nonstop fighting and bloodshed, it's just as intense.