But I felt he also was a little too well adjusted (or domesticated) to having a camp – and Pia – close to his village. Jessica Khoury managed to capture that innocence and naivety that isolated aboriginals have – even though they are fiercely intelligent in other ways (as Eio is). I wanted to see her test the boundaries a lot more – I think it would have illustrated the need for the extreme measures of her containment better other than secrecy.Įio was fascinating. Pia is inquisitive and intelligent (a combination which is asking for trouble while kept in captivity if you ask me) and though I found it easy to relate to her, sometimes I felt she was too well adjusted. The quest for immortality through science, all wrapped up in the existence of a teenage girl – yes please! The cover and blurb had me picking up this book and flicking through. Together, they embark on a race against time to discover the truth about Pia’s origin―a truth with deadly consequences that will change their lives forever. But on the night of her seventeenth birthday, Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence that surrounds her sterile home―and sneaks outside the compound for the first time in her life.įree in the jungle, Pia meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. She was raised by a team of scientists who have created her to be the start of a new immortal race. Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest. Genre: Y/A, Science Fiction, Adventure, Romance
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