My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2716792558">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
In a future universe, humans are cloned, then slightly genetically adapted to be somewhat dissimilar from their "originals." Zhenna is one of these, a clone, with no parents, no siblings. After training in computer programming at the Academy, she leaps at the opportunity to travel to "the Fringe," those edge-of-the-universe planets, where scientists are sent to explore. On one such planet, the shuttle develops issues, and it lands temporarily in the jungle instead of near the underground station. An attack by space pirates destroys the young scientists who traveled on the shuttle. <br /><br />Zhenna wakes up three days later to find herself in a laboratory hospital, in the wrong body: the doctor explains she had actually died, but due to continued brain activity, her consciousness was transferred. What he doesn't realize is that the memories of the host are still active, as well as Zhenna's own memories, so now she has the schizoid experience of seeming to be two individuals. <br /><br />This is appealing YA Science Fiction with characters who easily elicit empathy, a "mad scientist" up to no good (of course), tons of action, adventure, and gentle romance.<br />TAMISAN is the first book in a Duology, followed by ENIGMA.
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