I suppose, given that we’re monoethnic, she’s right in a way. Amy says that everyone on board Godspeed looks the same. A carpenter could check the accuracy of his level by the line of Marae’s shorn hair. But already lines crease at her eyes, and the downward turn of her mouth seems permanent.
Marae’s in the twenty-year-old generation, only a few years older than me. There is no uniform for the Shippers-there’s no uniform for anyone on board the ship-but First Shipper Marae demands neatness of everyone she has authority over, especially the first-level Shippers, who all favor the same dark clothing worn by Marae. My hair’s too long and messy, and while my clothes should have been recycled long ago, their dark tunics and neatly pressed trousers fit perfectly. The Engine Room is usually crowded, bustling with activity as the Shippers try to figure out what has crippled the lead-cooled fast reactor engine, but today I asked for a private meeting with the top ten Shippers, the highest-ranking officers beneath me. The first-level Shippers stand at attention, waiting for me. The walls vibrate with the muffled heartbeat of the ship’s engine, a whirr-churn-whirr sound that I used to think was beautiful. I roll my thumb over the biometric scanner and the door zips open, taking with it the image of a face that has never felt like mine.Ī very mechanical smell-a mixture of metal and grease and burning-wraps around me as I enter the Engine Room. Somewhere, beneath my cloned features and the echoes of every Eldest before me, there has to be something in me that’s mine alone, unique and not found in the cloning material two levels beneath my feet. I see the smirk on the corner of Orion’s mouth as he relished in Eldest’s death. In the dull reflection, I see Eldest’s dark eyes, just before he died. In A Million Suns, Beth deepens the mystery with action, suspense, romance, and deep philosophical questions.“THIS ISN’T GOING TO BE EASY,” I MUTTER, STARING AT THE solid metal door that leads to the Engine Room on the Shipper Level of Godspeed. But with each step, the journey becomes more perilous, the ship more chaotic, and the love between them more impossible to fight.īeth Revis catapulted readers into the far reaches of space with her New York Times bestselling debut, Across the Universe. Their success-or failure-will determine the fate of the 2,298 passengers aboard Godspeed. They must work together to unlock a mystery that was set in motion hundreds of years earlier. He's finally free to act on his vision-no more Phydus, no more lies.īut when Elder learns shocking news about the ship, he and Amy race to discover the truth behind life on Godspeed.
Everywhere she looks, she sees the walls of the spaceship Godspeed.īut there may be hope: Elder has assumed leadership of the ship. It’s been three months since Amy was unplugged.
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