Luminary (Anomaly #2)by Krista McGee
Release Date: 01/07/14
Thomas Nelson
Summary from Goodreads:
She was an anomaly with a death sentence. Now she's free.
Thalli was scheduled for annihilation. She was considered an anomaly--able to experience emotions that should have been eradicated by genetic modification. The Scientists running the State couldn't allow her to bring undue chaos to their peaceful, ordered world. But seconds before her death, she is rescued.
Now Thalli is above ground in a world she thought was destroyed. A world where not even the air is safe to breathe. She and her three friends must journey across this unknown land, their destination a hidden civilization. It's their only chance of survival.
Broken and exhausted after an arduous journey, they arrive in New Hope, a town that survived the nuclear holocaust. When Thalli meets the people there--people actually "born" to "families"--her small world is blown wide open.
Soon after their arrival to New Hope, the town comes under attack. She has escaped imminent death, but now Thalli is thrust into a new fight--a fight to save her new home. Does she know enough about this world of emotions, this world of chaos, to save not only herself, but the people she has come to love?
Character Profiles:
Alex: (**Spoiler Alert!**) Alex is the prince of Athens. His father, King Jason, believes a ruler should be absolute and should determine his own morality. Anything therefore is permitted, including murder, if the King deems it necessary. Alex is torn between loyalty to his father and repulsion at what he has done and what he continues to do. When he meets Thalli, he discovers in her a spirit he has never encountered, an innocence mixed with tenacity that intrigues him and challenges him to question all he has been taught.
Dr. Loudin: Though barely visible in the pages of Luminary, readers know, from Anomaly’s prologue that the Head Scientist is watching everything going on with the travelers, and that he has a plan for them. What that plan is, only he knows. But the more the travelers find out about Loudin, the more they realize just how dangerous he truly is.
Thalli has fifteen minutes and twenty-three seconds left to live. The toxic gas that will complete her annihilation is invading her bloodstream. But she is not afraid.
Thalli is different than others in The State. She feels things. She asks questions. And in the State, this is not tolerated. The Ten scientists who survived the nuclear war that destroyed the world above believe that emotion was at the core of what went wrong—and they have genetically removed it from the citizens they have since created. Thalli has kept her malformation secret from those who have monitored her for most of her life, but when she receives an ancient piece of music to record as her community’s assigned musician, she can no longer keep her emotions secreted away.
Seen as a threat to the harmony of her Pod, Thalli is taken to the Scientists for immediate annihilation. But before that can happen, Berk—her former Pod mate who is being groomed as a Scientist—steps in and persuades the Scientists to keep Thalli alive as a test subject.
The more time she spends in the Scientist’s Pod, the clearer it becomes that things are not as simple as she was programmed to believe. She hears stories of a Designer—stories that fill her mind with more questions: Who can she trust? What is this emotion called love? And what if she isn’t just an anomaly, but part of a greater design?
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ReplyDeleteWhat an intriguing series! I have added it to my TBR list. Thanks for sharing the character profiles.
ReplyDeleteI have not heard of this book yet! But I like the blurb, It sounds fast paced, one of those books you cant put down! I would love to read it :D
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