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Morgan Stockhour, a teenager living in the high‑altitude city of Internment, enjoys a seemingly perfect existence in this floating utopia. When an unexpected murder strikes, the foundations of her world crumble, compelling Morgan to confront the hidden dangers that lie beneath the city’s ideal surface.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Science Fiction
Authors: Lauren DeStefano
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