One year, four days, and twenty-minutes ago, seventeen-year-old Alice Gaede woke up in a hospital bed with no recollection of who she was. That's when Rachel took her in, and made her perfect: perfectly beautiful, perfectly smart, perfectly obedient, and most importantly, a perfect fighter. Her files read "special case."
Without memories, though, Alice has no understanding of normal human behavior. In the hopes of teaching her social skills, Rachel enrolls her in the local high school.
Alice is unprepared to face this emotional, vulnerable, crowded human place, but despite Rachel's plans, an unlikely friendship with classmate Wrena and a surprising love interest with charming Corin forcefully exposes her to the idea of joy, pain, and what it means to be a human. As she begins to questions everything Rachel had ever taught her, her old life makes a shocking appearance, and Alice is forced to make a devastating choice. How human is she, really?
One hundred years ago, war threatened the existence of humanity. One man's actions might bring it back.
During WWV, battles weren't won with bombs, but with science. Specifically, with DNA. Now, a person's place in society is determined by their genetic code. If your Gift is as mundane as knowing what time it is without needing a watch, you're probably a Norm, but if it's so extraordinary that it's considered a danger to the public, congratulations, you're an Elite.
Seventeen-year-old Brianna Acero doesn't fall into either category. She is the only girl in the world who has no Gift at all.
When life throws her a curveball and Brianna finds herself living among the Elites, she begins to uncover layers upon layers of secrets about her own past, but there is one secret that was not meant to be unlocked. Now, there is no way of putting it back in its cage. The Second One is back, and this time he won't be so forgiving. His actions could bring about a new world war, and the end of Gifted society along with it. Only Brianna is unique enough to stop him, but will she rise to the challenge?
Revenge is a dangerous game, and not everyone is ready to play it.