Everyone is exactly like me. There is no one like me.
Ven wrestles with these contradicting truths every day. A clone of wealthy eighteen-year-old Raven Rogen, Ven knows everything about the girl she was created to serve: the clothes she wears, the boys she loves, the friends she loves to hate. Yet she’s never met the Authentic Raven face-to-face.
Imitations like Ven only get to leave the lab when they’re needed—to replace a dead Authentic, donate an organ, or complete a specific mission. And Raven has never needed Ven . . . until now.
When there is an attack on Raven’s life, Ven is thrust into the real world, posing as Raven to draw out the people who tried to harm her. But as Ven dives deeper into Raven’s world, she begins to question everything she was ever told. She exists for Raven, but is she prepared to sacrifice herself for a girl she’s never met?
Ven wrestles with these contradicting truths every day. A clone of wealthy eighteen-year-old Raven Rogen, Ven knows everything about the girl she was created to serve: the clothes she wears, the boys she loves, the friends she loves to hate. Yet she’s never met the Authentic Raven face-to-face.
Imitations like Ven only get to leave the lab when they’re needed—to replace a dead Authentic, donate an organ, or complete a specific mission. And Raven has never needed Ven . . . until now.
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Excerpt:
The rough fabric
of my cotton nightgown chafes so I lie very still. Once, during a training
exercise, they gave me a satin blouse in place of my coarse uniform. For a few
moments, I was completely her—eighteen-year-old Raven Rogen, my Authentic—down
to the fabric. The slippery material felt like cool fingertips on a hot day.
All I could think was: She wears clothes like this every single day.
I know everything about Raven and the
world she lives in, thanks to the video footage I watch during my training
sessions. But I have never experienced anything for myself—not even the sun. My
entire life is an imitation of hers.
I am an Imitation.
All of us here are. From the time the
tubes are removed and air is forced into our lungs, until our petri-grown
organs learn to contract on their own, we are nothing but shadows of our
Authentics. I used to think there was an Imitation for every Authentic, but
when I asked my Examiner, Josephine, she laughed and said we’d need a whole lot
more space here if that was the case. Only special Authentics get the privilege
of a copy—ones with money, power, influence.
It seems as if there are thousands of
us, though it’s hard to tell exactly how many exist. Twig City is sorted into
sections, our placement depending on our gender, how old we were when they
“woke” us, and whether we’ve gotten a note from Marla. Those woken at a young
age live in a different wing, where nurses and teachers chart their development
daily. You have to be at least twelve to live on my floor—the training sector,
where we learn to become our Authentic—but the oldest I’ve seen is somewhere
around fifty. There is no saying how long you’ll stay in this sector once
you’re here. Could be a week, could be a year, depending on when your Authentic
needs you. I’ve been awake for five years. Training. Preparing. Waiting—for a
note from Marla. And for what comes after.
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About the Author:
Heather Hildenbrand was born and raised in a small town in
northern Virginia where she was homeschooled through high school. (She’s only
slightly socially awkward as a result.) Since 2011, she’s published more than
eight YA & NA novels including the bestselling Dirty Blood series. She splits
her time between coastal Virginia and the island of Guam and loves having a
mobile career and outrageous lifestyle of living in two places. Her most
frequent hobbies are riding motorcycles and avoiding killer slugs.
Heather is also a publishing and success coach bent on equipping and educating artists who call themselves authors. She loves teaching fellow writers how to create the same freedom-based lifestyle she enjoys. For more information visit www.phoenixauthorink.com and find out how to create your own Outrageous Life.
She is represented by Rebecca Friedman. You can find out more about Heather and her books at www.heatherhildenbrand.com.
Heather is also a publishing and success coach bent on equipping and educating artists who call themselves authors. She loves teaching fellow writers how to create the same freedom-based lifestyle she enjoys. For more information visit www.phoenixauthorink.com and find out how to create your own Outrageous Life.
She is represented by Rebecca Friedman. You can find out more about Heather and her books at www.heatherhildenbrand.com.
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