Rachel Cohn
Elysia is created in a laboratory, born as a sixteen-year-old girl, an empty vessel with no life experience to draw from. She is a Beta, an experimental model of a teenage clone. She was replicated from another teenage girl, who had to die in order for Elysia to exist. ,Elysiaâ€™s purpose is to serve the inhabitants of Demesne, an island paradise for the wealthiest people on earth. Everything about Demesne is bioengineered for perfection. Even the air induces a strange, euphoric high, which only the islandâ€™s workersâ€”soulless clones like Elysiaâ€”are immune to. ,At first, Elysiaâ€™s life is idyllic and pampered. But she soon sees that Demesneâ€™s human residents, who should want for nothing, yearn. But for what, exactly? She also comes to realize that beneath the islandâ€™s flawless exterior, there is an underÂ­current of discontent among Demesneâ€™s worker clones. She knows she is soulless and cannot feel and should not careâ€”so why are overpowering sensations cloudÂ­ing Elysiaâ€™s mind? ,If anyone discovers that Elysia isnâ€™t the unfeeling clone she must pretend to be, she will suffer a fate too terrible to imagine. When her one chance at happiÂ­ness is ripped away with breathtaking cruelty, emotions sheâ€™s always had but never understood are unleashed. As rage, terror, and desire threaten to overwhelm her, Elysia must find the will to survive. ,The first in a dazzlingly original science fiction series from best-selling author Rachel Cohn, ,Beta ,is a haunting, unforgettable story of courage and love in a corÂ­rupted world.Praise for ,Beta,:"A terrific premise that is equally well executed...Readers can only hope [the sequel] will be as thrilling as this series kickoff."--,Los Angles Times 
Young Adult,Science Fiction,Dystopia,Science Fiction,Romance,Fantasy,Fiction,Mystery,Young Adult,Teen,Futuristic,Apocalyptic,Post Apocalyptic
Beta