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Since the age of three, sixteen-year-old Evelyn Winters has been trained to be Daughter of the People in the underwater utopia known as Elysium. Selected from hundreds of children for her ideal genes, all her life she’s thought that everything was perfect; her world. Her people. The Law.

But when Gavin Hunter, a Surface Dweller, accidentally stumbles into their secluded little world, she’s forced to come to a startling realization: everything she knows is a lie.

Her memories have been altered.

Her mind and body aren’t under her own control.

And the person she knows as Mother is a monster.

Together with Gavin she plans her escape, only to learn that her own mind is a ticking time bomb... and Mother has one last secret that will destroy them all.



Six weeks after her arrival on the Surface, Evelyn Winters is no closer to unlocking the memories lost in her subconscious than she was when she first came. Isolated in a strange new society, Evie has only Gavin Hunter to remind her of who she once was.

But even with a clean slate, it’s easy to see that Evie doesn’t fit in on the Surface. And as her differences make her feel more and more alone, she can’t help but yearn for that place she doesn’t remember: the isolated city hidden in the depths of the ocean. Elysium. Home.

But she can’t exactly tell Gavin what she’s feeling. Not when he’s the one who helped her escape Elysium in the first place, and has the scars to prove it. Though the doctors say otherwise, Gavin believes that Evie just needs time. And if her memories don’t come back, well, maybe she’s better off not remembering her past.

But the decision may be out of their hands when Evie’s ever-elusive memories begin to collide with reality. People and images from her past appear in the most unlikely places, haunting her, provoking her…and making her seem not only strange but dangerous.

Evie and Gavin can’t wait around for her memories to return. They’ll have to journey across the Outlands of the Surface to find help, and in the end, their search may just lead them back to the place it all started…

To celebrate the release of we will be hosting a special read-along of books 1 and 2 in the series in association with Release the Kraken PR. Book 1 will start on April 4th, and book 2 on May 2nd 2016.

Please read at your own pace, and hide any spoilers ☺ You are welcome to join at any time during the read-along ☺

Happy Reading Everybody!

Pre-Reading Questions -

Anybody got any thoughts on this one before we start?

Has anyone read anything similar to this before?

Anybody read anything else by this author previously?

chapter 1 (view spoiler)[ her mother is terrible! To kill Timothy like that! (hide spoiler)]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 1 [spoilers removed]"

Awful!

This doesn't seem quite as slow as i remember it being.

chapter 1 (view spoiler)[ it's going to be hard on her not being able to remember anything about her life. the sleepwalking is worrying. (hide spoiler)]

Sarah wrote: " chapter 1 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[It would be awful. (hide spoiler)]

chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ oh dear, Evie is getting worse, and now they've got weird bird things after them. (hide spoiler)]

chapter 8 (view spoiler)[ those statues do not sound good. (hide spoiler)]

Finished this while my internet was off. Enjoyed it about the same as the first one.

I'm not all that impressed so far. Bit of middle-book syndrome I think.