Zelia and Dylia Benten and their father live in a dystopian future where the United States of American has ceased to exist. Now, instead of a unified nation "where you live wherever you wanted, with any lifestyle you chose, no intense border scrutiny and screening tests, no pledges to adhere to the morals and dress codes mandated by each state, we find the country divided into clustered states - Alms, Ilmo, Neia, Okks...each stewing in happy ideals, all of them unified under a government weaker than [Zelia's] left pinkie." The girls are orphaned when their father is killed in a magpod accident. When the girls are separated, Zelia determines to find her perfect sister and reunite them as family, risking all... This is a mesmerizing story of self-sacrificial determination and perhaps foolish heroism to attain heartfelt ideals. Action-packed, with characters with a most unusual array of gifts, and a most decadent, futuristic depiction of hedonistic clubbing, this premier novel by a practicing physician is truly phenomenal.
"Failure is always a real possibility. But nothing would be accomplished if we always succumbed to fear."
"What we want and what we can make happen are often disparate things."
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