Don't be put off thinking this is a novel just for youthful people. There was also some superb work by the narrator in making so many different characters come to life. She managed to convey the innocence of a young teenager, yet that moved onto a more mature footing as the main character learnt more of her own history, I guessed where some of that history information was heading, but it still didn't spoil the book. Good thing I'm not as helpless as I look. Kidnappers, slavers, pirates, and yakuza - no matter where I go, trouble always seems to find me. Hoping to survive all the awful things that can happen to a girl on her own in space. Now I'm on the run, hoping against hope that the Matrons won't try too hard to find me. What would they do if they realized the Adjustments that were supposed to make me a meek little herd animal didn't do anything? Even as a kid I knew not to trust the Matrons. I learned fast to downplay my abilities, keep my mouth shut, and try to blend in. There were other kids with mods at the orphanage, but nothing like that. It all seemed perfectly natural at the time. Forty meters off the ground, watching ships 30,000 kilometers overhead, with senses that could pick out radar pings and comm chatter as easily as the ships themselves. When I was little I used to climb up to the highest branches of the housetree at night, and watch the starships docking at the orbital stations high above. My name is Alice Long, and I've always known I was different.
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