What Cy’s trait is – besides surly sarcasm – remains to be seen. Rescued by her Dad’s friend, Marka takes Zelia home to her other 4 teen adoptees – a girl with photosynthetic skin, a guy with 4 arms, and another with 2 active brains. But they’re not prepared to be orphaned, separated, and fought over by rival groups who claim they have special genetic traits.

My book talk: After her father’s death and sister’s kidnapping in 2150, Zelia finds allies – and love – among genetically illegal teens being sought by a sinister syndicate.īeautiful Dylia and medically fragile Zelia are accustomed to moving often with their doctor dad. Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher. Dial Books for Young Readers, hardcover 2013 paperback 2015. The cartel which develops big money products using illegal genes from these non-persons can’t wait to get them following their doctor-dad’s untimely death…Ĭhilling sci-fi for our last AtoZ April Blog Challenge entry – first in a new series, filled with danger, science that’s almost here now, and romance blossoming amid the chaos.īook info: Control (Control, book 1) / Lydia Kang. Two sisters with non-standard DNA somehow survive in a society where implanted fingertip IDs control access to public transportation and food delivery.

Control by lydia kang