External Forces
- Authors
- Deborah Rix
- Publisher
- Dime Store Books
- Tags
- ya sci-fi , ya romantic sci-fi , ya dystopian , ya apocalyptic , science fiction , dystopian , post-apocalyptic , future fiction , military science fiction , genetics , eugenics , biotechnology , biotech ethics , terminator seeds , genetic use restriction technology (gurt) , human genetic engineering , global food security , gay character in ya , gay character in teen young adult fiction , diversity in ya , cultural diversity in teen young adult fiction , bullying in teen young adult fiction , racism in teen young adult fiction , genetic deviant , genetic deviation , best teen read , best ya read , best new young adult books , top young adult books , ya books 2013 , ya debut release , new ya sci-fi series , the laws of motion trilogy , hot new ya release , hot young adult books
- Date
- 2013-09-13T04:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 2.01 MB
- Lang
- en
A lot can happen to a girl between her first kiss and her first kill. Things like treason, betrayal and heartbreak. 16 year old Jess Grant finds out just how complicated life and death can be as she embarks on a journey to discover who she wants to be. It's 100 years since the Genetic Integrity Act was passed and America closed its borders to prevent genetic contamination. Now only the enemy, dysgenic Deviants, remain beyond the heavily guarded border. The Department of Evolution carefully guides the creation of each generation and deviations from the divine plan are not permitted. When 16-year-old Jess begins to show signs of deviance she enlists in the Special Forces, with her best friend Jay, in a desperate bid to evade detection by the Devotees. Jess is good with data, not so good with a knife. So when the handsome and secretive Sergeant Matt Anderson selects her for his Black Ops squad, Jess is determined to figure out why. As her deviance continues to change her, Jess is...