Eve has lived a life of privilege and loss. She has no boyfriend, hardly any friends, and her focus is on school. Her father died in a tragic accident, leaving her only with her mother. Her only friend, Aislin, couldn't be more opposite of her and needs Eve to rescue her. The two are ying and yang, but in a very good way. The only thing that has ever come between them is the cold and untouchable Terra Spiker....Eve's mother.
Terra is a brilliant scientist and the brains and power behind Spiker Biopharmaceuticals, a cutting edge medical industry melded with technology. And it's there that Eve is sent after she is in a fatal accident that crushes her leg and leaves her comatose.
When Eve finally wakes up bandaged but functioning, she is told by her mother that she is to stay at the Spiker complex for a few weeks to recover. Eve is cut off from her best friend and has no one to interact with...until she meets Solo...
Solo lives at Spiker Pharmaceuticals and has only known the complex. He knows the reasons he's here - more a charity case than a legal guardianship to Terra Spiker. He's never really known the outside world, and when Eve comes to the complex, his life takes on a decidedly different turn. He's curious about her....in fact, she's the only person his age he's ever really come into physical contact with. Solo has secrets, but more than that, he knows secrets....
In order to ease the boredom of recovery, Eve's mother introduces her to an advanced genetics video game that is under consideration for marketing. The game allows the user to create their own human from the ground up, selecting DNA and genetics to create perfection. Eve sets to work, and Solo silently watches the progress. Little do they know what's truly being put into Eve's hands or the mastermind behind what Spiker Pharmaceuticals is hiding.
Set in today's time in San Francisco, this book is a science thriller from start to finish. The two dominant voices written by two distict authors creates a layer of intrigue for the reader because that is the only one who knows the thoughts and actions of Eve and Solo. This type of book is rare to come by...not quite dystopia but with the elements for the possibility of that kind of society...a pre-cursor, if you will. The other characters in the book create a rich backdrop for the action and relationships that soon start to form and each character begins to unpeel the layers surrounding Eve and Solo as well as their involvement in the entire plot. Although I'm not a huge reader of science-based fiction, I devoured this one. Loved it! If you like books such as Werlin's Double Helix. Bodeen's The Gardener or Brooks's Being, this is one to pick. Recommended for high school.
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