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:
After breakfast, the three of us walk
together behind the others to our designated changing room. The girls in our
wing have ten minutes to report downstairs for physical activity. Our days are
scheduled to the second in Twig City. This way, we don’t have time to think
about the fact that it’s more like a prison than a city. No one says it out
loud, but the absence of an exit is proof that it’s true.
“Maybe you’ll meet a hot guy,” Lonnie
says as we grab our gym uniforms from our cubbies.
“Maybe,” I echo.
None of us have ever really interacted
with boys. Twig City is segregated to prevent lasting relationships of that
sort. Attachment is too complicated when you could get called up for duty at
any time. To develop our social skills, we are treated to a quarterly mixer,
where we are made to dress up and then marched upstairs to the boys’ dormitory.
For two hours, we are fed cookies and punch while static-filled music is
cranked through the speakers. Once, a few couples tried dancing but as soon as
their bodies made contact, the Overseers were there, pulling them apart and
handing out punishment orders. No one dances anymore.
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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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