Beta (2012) (edit title/settings)

Marcella-Louise edited the description of Beta Sunday, June 3, 2012.

• In a world constructed to absolute perfection, imperfection is difficult to understand—and impossible to hide.

  Elysia is a clone,created in a laboratory, born as a sixteen year oldsixteen-year-old girl, an empty vessel with no life experience to draw from. She is a Beta, an experimental model of teenageda teenage clone. She was replicated from another teenage girl, who had to die in order for Elysia to be created.exist.

  Elysia'sElysia’s purpose is to serve the inhabitants of Demesne, an island paradise for the wealthiest people on earth. Everything about Demesne is bioengineered for perfection. Even the air thereinduces a strange, euphoric high thathigh, which only the island'sisland’s workers—soulless clones like Elysia—are immune to.

  At first, Elysia's newElysia’s life on this island paradiseis idyllic and pampered. But she soon sees that Demesne'sDemesne’s human residents, the most privileged people in the worldwho should want for nothing, yearn. And, sheBut for what, exactly? She also comes to realize that beneath itsthe island’s flawless exterior, there is an undercurrentunder­current of discontent amongst Demesne'samong Demesne’s worker clones. She knows she is soulless and cannot feel and should not care—so why are overpowering sensations clouding Elysia'scloud­ing Elysia’s mind?

  If anyone discovers that Elysia isn'tisn’t the unfeeling clone she must pretend to be, she will suffer a fate too terrible to imagine. When Elysia'sher one chance at happinesshappi­ness is ripped away from herwith breathtaking cruelty, emotions she'sshe’s always had but never understood are unleashed. As rage, terror, and desire threaten to overwhelm her, Elysia must find the will to survive.survive.

  The first in a dazzlingly original science fiction series from best-selling author Rachel Cohn, Beta is a haunting, unforgettable story of courage and love in a cor­rupted world.

Z edited the description of Beta Monday, March 5, 2012.

• In a world constructed to absolute perfection, imperfection is difficult to understand—and impossible to hide.

  Elysia is a clone, created in a laboratory, born as a sixteen year old girl, an empty vessel with no life experience to draw from. She is a Beta, an experimental model of teenaged clone. She was replicated from another teenage girl, who had to die in order for Elysia to be created.

  Elysia's purpose is to serve the inhabitants of Demesne, an island paradise for the wealthiest people on earth. Everything about Demesne is bioengineered for perfection. Even the air there induces a strange, euphoric high that only the island's workers—soulless clones like Elysia—are immune to.

  At first, Elysia's new life on this island paradise is idyllic and pampered. But she soon sees that Demesne's human residents, the most privileged people in the world who should want for nothing, yearn. And, she comes to realize that beneath its flawless exterior, there is an undercurrent of discontent amongst Demesne's worker clones. She knows she is soulless and cannot feel and should not care—so why are overpowering sensations clouding Elysia's mind?

  If anyone discovers that Elysia isn't the unfeeling clone she must pretend to be, she will suffer a fate too terrible to imagine. When Elysia's one chance at happiness is ripped away from her with breathtaking cruelty, emotions she's always had but never understood are unleashed. As rage, terror, and desire threaten to overwhelm her, Elysia must find the will to survive.