4.5 stars 
 This is a book that will make you think. About the difference between right and wrong, and the many gradations of grey in between. About life and death, and what makes life worth living. About the danger of truth and the safety of lies. 
 I was hooked from the first chapter, where we meet Amy who is about to be cryogenically frozen and placed aboard a spaceship bound for a new earth-like planet 300 years away. Her horrific nightmare-filled slumber is broken a tad early, however, when something goes wrong. The ship is still in flight when she wakes up, and she comes face to face with the inhabitants aboard the ship. The chapters alternate between Amy and Elder, the future leader of his people. 
 Amy is forced to protect her parents, who are still laying dormant, from a murderer, bent on killing seemingly random members of the frozen crew. I thought I had it all figured out, and then the author peels back another layer of lies to reveal another "truth". I began to doubt everything and everyone, so great to be found in an atypical murder mystery. 
 As a debut novel, I am astounded. I look forward to what Beth Revis has in store for her readers.