Published: July 18, 2010
Words: 95,093 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452323060

Short description

When empathic gene engineer, Keeper Sonja discovers she was unknowingly impregnated with the first talented embryo she created, she is determined to abort, until she realises the fifteen-week-old embryo is already self-aware and mind speaking to her, leaving her only one option: flee the complex to protect him from testing and termination.

Extended description

When shy, empathic Sonja is offered a position in the Keeper complex to train in gene engineering using alien technology, she jumped at the chance to leave her fishing village and the hard work of eking out an existence from the sea and marshes.
She ignores the tall silent Jlaantei guarding the complex, and learns to hide her thoughts from the thought reading Elemental in charge of the complex, while excelling at manipulating genes, and discovers the Elemental’s plan of breeding a group of psychic humans as companions to the Elementals.
But when Keeper Sonja discovers she is unknowingly impregnated with the first talented human embryo she created, she is determined to abort, until she realises the fifteen-week-old embryo is already self-aware and mind speaking to her. She is left with only one option: flee the complex to protect him from testing and termination.
If she is caught and returned, she will be killed for disobedience and the babe will still be tested, and when they disco.. (Read more) When shy, empathic Sonja is offered a position in the Keeper complex to train in gene engineering using alien technology, she jumped at the chance to leave her fishing village and the hard work of eking out an existence from the sea and marshes.
She ignores the tall silent Jlaantei guarding the complex, and learns to hide her thoughts from the thought reading Elemental in charge of the complex, while excelling at manipulating genes, and discovers the Elemental’s plan of breeding a group of psychic humans as companions to the Elementals.
But when Keeper Sonja discovers she is unknowingly impregnated with the first talented human embryo she created, she is determined to abort, until she realises the fifteen-week-old embryo is already self-aware and mind speaking to her. She is left with only one option: flee the complex to protect him from testing and termination.
If she is caught and returned, she will be killed for disobedience and the babe will still be tested, and when they discover how strong he is he will be terminated, but if she can say hidden until the babe’s birth, she can leave him with a human family. After that she does not care if she is returned to her village or killed for disobedience.
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pilot, aliens, psychic abilities, mind readers, gene engineer

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Review by: Prudence MacLeod on Nov. 09, 2012 :
I grabbed this book for something to read on breaks. I wanted something I could easily put down and come back to later. Big mistake. I got drawn in and spent a pleasant evening curled up as I read it through.
Diana has created an interesting world and a sympathetic set of characters. I truly enjoyed the story. Loved the ending.
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Review by: Katharina Gerlach on July 24, 2011 :
I had the honor to be a beta-reader for this book, and I liked it so much I bought my own copy so I could comment on it. Diana manages to create a world that's different to ours, yet her characters face the same problems we have in our world: Who do you trust, how far can science go before becoming inhuman, what's love. I highly recommend this book and its sequels.
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Review by: Margene Kiefer on Aug. 09, 2010 : (no rating)
I enjoyed this book a lot. It is well written with a look into the future. I would read more books by this author.
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