Dualed
by:
Elsie Chapman (author)
Two of you exist. Only one will survive.The city of Kersh is a safe haven, but the price of safety is high. Everyone has a genetic Alternate—a twin raised by another family—and citizens must prove their worth by eliminating their Alts before their twentieth birthday. Survival means advanced...
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Two of you exist. Only one will survive.The city of Kersh is a safe haven, but the price of safety is high. Everyone has a genetic Alternate—a twin raised by another family—and citizens must prove their worth by eliminating their Alts before their twentieth birthday. Survival means advanced schooling, a good job, marriage—life.Fifteen-year-old West Grayer has trained as a fighter, preparing for the day when her assignment arrives and she will have one month to hunt down and kill her Alt. But then a tragic misstep shakes West’s confidence. Stricken with grief and guilt, she’s no longer certain that she’s the best version of herself, the version worthy of a future. If she is to have any chance of winning, she must stop running not only from her Alt, but also from love . . . though both have the power to destroy her.Elsie Chapman's suspenseful YA debut weaves unexpected romance into a novel full of fast-paced action and thought-provoking philosophy. When the story ends, discussions will begin about this future society where every adult is a murderer and every child knows there is another out there who just might be better."Stylish, frenetic, and violent, Chapman's debut is the textual equivalent of a Quentin Tarantino movie." --Publishers Weekly"Clever suspense--here, stalking is a two-way street." --Kirkus Reviews
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780307931542 (0307931544)
Publish date: February 26th 2013
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Pages no: 292
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Teen,
Science Fiction,
Romance,
Thriller,
Action,
Dystopia,
Apocalyptic,
Post Apocalyptic
Series: Dualed (#1)
More than a though cookie, this is a very strange cookie....from a dystopian perspective. Truth is _for me _ this book crashed and burned as a dystopia. There's one two many lose ends, a very problematic use of science _that would probably leave other readers in fits of anger, lol _, and a very unde...
"They're Alts. Enemies from birth. And now one's dead, which means the survivor has completed his assignment. He takes off down the road, leaving behind his childhood, a past life so easily shed as a prisoner's jumpsuit."In this YA dystopian thriller, the world has has fallen into war, but a smal...
I am a sucker for "read now" books from NetGalley. I grabbed Divided (the second book in this trilogy) when I glanced at the description that recommended the series to Divergent fans. Then I downloaded Dualed from my library's e-collection so I could get caught up. I think maybe they should have ...
Downloaded excerpt from Netgalley which introduces West and gives us a small taste of the world she, her brother and their friend Chord lives in. The feeling is dark but not gloomy and would love to finish the book someday completely.