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When a seemingly ordinary teenager learns she has been genetically altered by the cruel Edison Group, her world turns upside down. Suddenly she can see ghosts and accidentally raise the dead, becoming a living science experiment. With the help of a charming sorcerer, a cynical werewolf, and a disgruntled witch, she must evade the Edison Group and find a way to control her newfound powers before it is too late.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Fantasy
Authors: Kelley Armstrong
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