How much is one life worth and what would you sacrifice to save it? For Calico the answer is
simple. Nothing is more important than preserving her sister's life. No cost is too great.
Until it is... Saving Asha. That's my religion. That's my science...Without Asha there is no
me. Asha is dead. Years of medical treatment were not enough to heal her. The only way
17-year-old Calico can save her younger sister now is by joining her in death - at least until
modern medicine can bring them both back to healthy life. Cryogenics is the answer: Scientific.
Legal. Safe. Or so Dr Fates would have her believe. He plans to preserve the sisters' bodies
until his biotechnology research finds a cure for Asha. But when Calico is brought back to life
she's in a post climate catastrophe low-tech future trapped in a research facility. She's at
risk of being sold off to a sinister enforced breeding programme. And worst of all - Asha is
missing. Calico must find a way to save her sister herself and the new friends she's made
among the other test subjects. But first she has to unravel the secrets the facility is hiding
and reveal the lies she has been part of. In this striking debut Kathryn Clark raises poignant
questions about the ethics of medical science humans playing god the consequences of our
choices and the place of consent in healthcare. 'A haunting tale filled with emotional highs
and lows.' - Kenechi Udogu 'A heart-stopping (literally!) concept.' - Melissa Welliver 'I was
hooked from page one and I could not put it down!' - S. A. Gales 'Absolutely unputdownable!' -
Finbar Hawkins
