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Four hundred years after a devastating nuclear fire, Earth has reverted to a primitive state. In this society, the Council governs an apartheid system where each person has a twin: an Alpha, physically flawless, and an Omega, marked by deformity. The Alphas hoard scarce resources and proclaim superiority, yet they cannot escape the fatal link between twinsβ€”when one dies, the other perishes. Cass is a rare Omega who possesses psychic foresight. Her twin, Zach, climbs the ranks of the Alpha Council. When Cass begins to imagine a world where Alphas and Omegas coexist as equals, both the Council and a growing Resistance target her as a threat to the social order.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Francesca Haig
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