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The Adventures of Leaf Man & Other Short Tales by Rebecca Shelley

Title: The Adventures of Leaf Man & Other Short Tales

Author: Rebecca Shelley

Publisher: Wonder Realms

Release Date: June 30, 2011

ISBN:

Size: ebook

Genre: Childrens (Grades 4–6)

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Short Story Collection. Not eligible for Whitney Award.

Adventures of Leaf Man: Created by Fairy Magic, Leaf Man only has one day to live. He dreams of all the adventures he can have, but instead spends his short time saving the life of a child. In so doing, he earns a sweet kind of immortality.

Mischief Monkeys: A short bedtime story.

Cats and Dogs Living Together: Mad scientist Uncle Marty moves in next door with five dogs and eight cats.

The Messy Room Mystery: Something keeps making a huge mess in the bedroom. Is it pixies, a tornado, or magic clothes come to life?

Mud Magic: Toops and Candie play in the magic mud.

The Hidden Treasure: Two friends seek the hidden treasure. One will find it, the other find nothing.

The Anointed by C.C. James

Title: The Anointed (Demon Trackers, book 1)

Author: C.C. James

Publisher: Red Rover Books

Release Date: June 22, 2011

ISBN:

Size: ebook

Genre: Young Adult Speculative

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Being half human isn’t so bad for demon tracker brothers Jake and Cal, especially when their job is keeping unknowing humans safe from every monster and evil thing that crawls out of Hell. So what if the full-blooded Anointed don’t think they’re up for the task? Jake and Cal have lives to save and beasties to kill and lack of sleep, lack of weapons, and lack of trust from the haughty Anointed demon slayers won’t keep them from it.

INside by Brenda Novak

Title: INside (The Bulletproof Trilogy, Book 1)

Author: Brenda Novak

Publisher: Mira

Release Date: June 28, 2011

ISBN: 978-0778329930

Size: 448 pages, 4×6″ mass market paperback

Genre: Suspense

Caution: This book may contain objectionable content.

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Virgil Skinner served fourteen years for a murder he didn’t commit. He’s finally been exonerated, but he can’t escape the gang he joined in order to survive. They’ll do anything to keep him from telling what he knows. And if they can’t get to Virgil they’ll go after his sister and her kids.

The California Department of Corrections needs someone to infiltrate another gang, one that’s taking control of the state’s most notorious supermax. Virgil agrees to do it under an alias—in exchange for his sister’s protection.

Chief Deputy Warden Peyton Adams is opposed to having Virgil in her prison. How will she protect him if things go bad? Besides, she’s far too attracted to him; she might even be falling in love with him. That makes her all the more desperate to keep him safe—and it gives him someone else to lose.

Mythworld: The Festival of Bones by James A. Owen

Title: Mythworld: The Festival of Bones (Book 1)

Author: James A. Owen

Publisher: Coppervale Press

Release Date: June 26, 2011

Size: 191 pages, eBook

Genre: Urban Fantasy

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James A. Owen calls MythWorld “…an Urban Fantasy Pulp Adventure epic about ancient manuscripts, zen illusionists, opera, murder, magic, and the alternate History of the World” which pretty much covers anything he wants to pull into the story.

This first volume, The Festival of Bones, begins with a manuscript and ends with a murder. A mysterious prodigy, sometimes known as Jude, and sometimes known as Obscuro, invites Michael Langbein, a professor of ancient literature, and Mikaal Gunnar-Galen, a former singer who is now an ambitious department head at the University of Vienna, to a nightclub where he shows them a mysterious manuscript – the Prime Edda. Jude believes the ancient text, a mythology of Northern Europe, was once used by the composer Richard Wagner in some sort of ritual related to his Ring Operas.

Jude found the manuscript while in the Himalayas, where he also discovered proof of alternate histories of the world. He says that in the past, those histories have overlapped with our own, causing things as we know them to shift and change – for a short time – in a phenomenon called an Inversion. Jude believes that somehow, the stories in the Edda relate to the overlapping of these histories and a forthcoming inversion, which he wants to witness.

They start to translate the work, but soon find themselves pursued by a number of parties all seeking to seize the Edda – and perhaps bring about The Inversion and with it, the end of the world in the terrible Winter known as Ragnarok.

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The Legacy by J. Adams

Title: The Legacy

Author: J. Adams

Publisher: Jewel of the West

Release Date: June 24, 2011

ISBN:

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Genre: Romance

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North Carolina native, Cisely Matthews has seen and suffered much in her twenty-two years of life, and she has the scars to prove it. When amazing blessings come to her, she wonders if she will ever feel worthy enough to deserve them.

Australian-born Ingo Kelly is thrown for an emotional loop when he visits his aunt in Utah and meets Cisely for the first time. He falls for her hard and fast. But getting her to accept his love is a challenge he is more than willing to take on.

Adagio St. John is Ingo’s best friend and the two are as close as brothers. When Adagio travels to Utah from his home in Italy to attend Ingo and Cisely’s wedding, he is overjoyed that his friend has found happiness with such an amazing woman. He hopes he can find the same happiness one day and end the loneliness he struggles with on a daily basis. There are prospects aplenty, but none of the shallow beauties can capture his heart.

When love does finally come to Adagio, will he allow himself to embrace it or continue to go it alone?

Taking the Fall by Margaret Chatwin

Title: Taking the Fall

Author: Margaret Chatwin

Publisher: Whisk Away Books

Release Date: June 27, 2011

ISBN: 978-1468001327

Size: 264 pages, 6×9, paperback

Genre: Romantic Suspense

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Karen Hill does not need a hero clad in shining armor! She has never been saved by anyone except herself, and the last thing she needs is Michael Tanner claiming he’s going to save her now. Save her from what? As far as she’s concerned, he’s the only thing she needs saving from!

Under Cover Narcotics Officer Mike Tanner is accustomed to being patient. Waiting and watching to see how things will play out. During his latest case, he has discovered that SharShay Cosmetic Company is distributing a major amount of pure cocaine and that the owner of the company, Miss Hill, is oblivious to it all. He’s content to let it stay that way, until a naive comment she makes put her life—and his—in jeopardy.

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Tiger’s Quest by Colleen Houck

Title: Tiger’s Quest (Book 2)

Author: Colleen Houck

Publisher: Splinter

Release Date: June 1, 2011

ISBN: 978-1402784040

Size: 496 pages, hardcover

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

Series: Tiger’s Curse (bk 1)

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*This book was originally published in 2009. It has been republished by a different publisher, but as a re-release it may not eligible for a Whitney award.

Back in Oregon, Kelsey tries to pick up the pieces of her life and push aside her feelings for Ren. But danger lurks around the corner, forcing her to return to India where she embarks on a second quest–this time with Ren’s dark, bad-boy brother Kishan, who has also fallen prey to the Tiger’s Curse. Fraught with danger, spellbinding dreams, and choices of the heart, TIGER’S QUEST brings the trio one step closer to breaking the spell that binds them.

Static! by Michael R. Collings

Title: Static!—A Novel of Horror

Author: Michael R. Collings

Publisher: Wildside Press

Release Date: June 24, 2011

ISBN: 978-1434438119

Size: 398 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Horror

Caution: This book may contain objectionable content.*

When Payne Gunnison inherits his great-aunt’s house, he discovers that the entire structure has been wired for video and sound—both to record and to play—and that “The Greer” (as the locals called the elderly recluse) had accumulated a superb library of tapes and DVDs, including some filled with scenes of extreme sex and violence.

Payne quickly befriends his next-door neighbor and tenant, Nick, who becomes concerned when his new buddy becomes obsessed with the video technology. Something strange inhabits this old house—something bizarre and totally evil.

*Author’s Note: Due to its genre and theme—theft and replacement of one person’s identity by another—the book contains materials that may offend LDS readers, specifically, language, sexuality, and violence. However it neither promotes nor celebrates those elements; they are included as part of the horror and to help define reprehensible behavior and/or characters.

Beyond This Valley by Millie Chidester

Title: Beyond This Valley

Author: Millie Chidester

Publisher: Rose Dell Publishing

Release Date: June, 2011

ISBN: 978-0-615-18905-5

Size: 318 pages, 5×8, softcover

Genre: Historical

The year is 1849, and the frenzied rush to the California gold fields is gaining momentum. Salt Lake City, in the territory of Utah, is a welcome midway portal to the far west, where the emigrants can pause and refresh before resuming their difficult journey toward the coast. When John Colbertson brings home a down-and-out gold seeker, the family takes him in without reservation. The newcomer is immediately drawn to eighteen-year-old Julia, John’s oldest daughter. Julia’s affections are simultaneously sought by a former antagonist, who has recently emigrated from their previous home in Nauvoo, Illinois. Julia identifies her preference early on, and waits impatiently for the suitor of her choice to make a declaration. Meantime, deceit, betrayal, and tragedy undermine the wellbeing of the Colbertson family. In the after math of these experiences, Julia’s tolerance and willingness to forgive are tested as she struggles to overcome prejudice against one who follows in the wake of the perpetrator. In time, she gains an increased appreciation of the worth and goodness of those around her, ultimately coming to understand her own heart.

Scapegoat by Dean Hale

Title: Scapegoat: The Story of a Goat Named Oat and a Chewed-Up Coat

Author: Dean Hale

Illustrator: Michael Slack

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books

Release Date: June 21, 2011

ISBN: 978-1599904689

Size: 32 pages, 9×11, hardcover

Genre: Picture Book

This book is not eligible for a Whitney Award.

In the Choat family, you never have to look hard to find a culprit. Missing TV remote? Blame the goat! Lost coat? Keys in the moat? Broken boat? Blame the goat!

But don’t be surprised if the goat doesn’t take it lying down. In this hilarious, rhyme-happy picture book, children will love to pore over the funny illustrations, picking up clues that all is not as it seems between Jimmy Choat and the goat, Petunia P. Oat. Because Petunia knows who’s really to blame, and before long the whole family will too!

Walking In Lightning by Michelle Erickson

Title: Walking In Lightning (Chest of Souls, Book 9)

Author: Michelle Erickson

Publisher: lulu.com

Release Date: June, 2011

ISBN:

Size: ebook

Genre: YA Speculative

Series: Chest of Souls (Book 1), Lend Me Your Mind (Book 2), Aftermath (Book 3), Sacrifice of Souls (Book 4), Traps (Book 5), Stone Dreams (Book 6), Division of Souls (Book 7), Storm (Chest of Souls, Book 8)

The final battle for the souls of men has come.

Brenna is isolated. Courtesy of Nez, the ruler of Sogo, she now has a Temis Belt to accompany the Suque he infected her with. As a result, she is possessed and no longer has access to her power. Meeting Talon in dreams is no longer safe because the Suque has made plans to betray Nez and rule Sogo – at Talon’s side. Until the city falls, she’ll have to rely on wit and will to deal with the Suque, the Temis Belt, Nez, and his army of Nightshades. She fears she is no match for all that has combined against her.

Talon is out of time. Brenna claims she loves him, but she remains in Sogo with Nez – by choice. He doesn’t agree with her reasoning. Each time he comes close to gaining her freedom, something or someone stands in his way. He’s done all that’s been asked of him and more. If she doesn’t come to him, he will go to her. His choice will end in death or finally having a life with Brenna, who may or may not choose him. It’s a chance he’s willing to take.

Genesis Earth by Joe Vasicek

Title: Genesis Earth (book 1)

Author: Joe Vasicek

Publisher:

Release Date: June 2011

ISBN: 978-1-4581-6658-6

Size: eBook; 70,000 words

Genre: Young Adult Science Fiction

Series: Genesis Earth

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Michael Anderson is a teenage planetologist haunted by the fear that he will never live up to the legacy of his astrophysicist parents. Terra Beck is the outcast child of a bitter divorce, who only wants to run away and immerse herself in her one true passion: astronomy. Raised on a distant space station by the scientists who constructed mankind’s first artificial wormhole, neither has set foot on Earth.

When the scientists detect a mysterious signal from an Earthlike planet on the other side of the wormhole, Michael and Terra find themselves alone on an exploration mission to discover the signal’s source. They no sooner arrive at the system, however, than a mysterious alien ghost ship appears out of nowhere and begins to hunt them down. Alone, twenty light years from the nearest human being, they must learn to open up and trust each other—but how can they do that when one or both of them may be insane?

As Michael struggles to keep the mission from falling apart, he is forced to reexamine his deepest, most unquestioned beliefs about the universe—and about what it means to be human.

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Lydia by Wanda Luce

Title: Lydia

Author: Wanda Luce

Publisher: Walnut Springs

Release Date: June 16, 2011

ISBN: 978-1935217978

Size: 359 pages, 5.5×8.5, paperback

Genre: Regency Romance

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Will Lydia ever find love?

At six and twenty, Lydia Hathaway has endured years of heartbreak, longing for a love that never came. Her deceased father’s foolhardiness has left her family bankrupt, and Lydia is eventually left no alternative but to take a position as the governess to Susan Ashcroft of Danbury Park in Surrey. Anxious for peace, Lydia rambles early one morning across the muddy wilds of the Ashcroft estate, where she has a most unimaginable encounter with the notorious Lord Connor Denton.

As their paths continue to cross, Lydia falls ever deeper in love with the charming rogue while battling against his growing assault on her heart. In spite of his forward attentions, she considers his behavior toward her as nothing less than idle flirtation. And why should she think otherwise? As the wealthy son of an earl, Lord Denton may choose from among the most beautiful women of England’s first circles. Tormented in a relentless battle to suppress a love she cannot overcome, Lydia resolves to leave the Ashcrofts and Danbury Park forever. After all, she is nothing to Denton isn’t she?

The Misadventures of Phillip Isaac Penn by Donna Peterson

Title: The Misadventures of Phillip Isaac Penn

Author: Donna Peterson

Publisher: Bonneville/CFI

Release Date: June 14, 2011

ISBN: 978-1599558936

Size: 96 pages, 5.5×8, Hardback

Genre: Middle Grade

Pip is always finding himself in the middle of some kind of trouble, and no wonder! Every day of the week, there are dirt clods to dodge, liars to expose, and dirty cheats to foil. Plagued by problems, Pip somehow manages to figure out a few things that maybe–just maybe–will keep him out of hot water. Hey, it’s not easy being a kid!

I Am Peter by Arnold S. Grundvig, Jr

Title: I Am Peter

Author: Arnold S. Grundvig, Jr

Publisher: Bonneville (CFI)

Release Date: June 14, 2011

ISBN: 978-1599557915

Size: 480 pages, 4.25×7, softcover

Genre: Historical

He is just a simple fisherman from Galilee, but when the Savior calls he leaves his nets. Striving to understand the Master’s teachings, Peter follows Christ to the cross and beyond, becoming the Lord’s Prophet and Witness.

I Am Peter presents the four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, in a correlated, chronological narrative of the life of Jesus, as seen through the eyes of Simon Peter. It includes every verse from the time Peter met Jesus until the Day of Pentecost. The story is filled out with appropriate details from contemporary Roman and Jewish historians, providing a satisfying “texture and color” otherwise absent from a simple reading of the scriptures.

Readers report that I Am Peter makes them feel like they were there to witness everything from the Samaritan woman at the well to seeing Jesus raise Lazarus, from Peter being asked to “Follow Me” to his running to the empty tomb. Peter’s perspective is powerful. He was not a dispassionate observer, but an integral part of the life of the Son of God, and his unique story is insightful.

Hatter by Daniel Coleman

Title: Hatter

Author: Daniel Coleman

Publisher: CreateSpace

Release Date: June 10, 2011

ISBN: 978-1463523930

Size: 208 pages, 5.5×8.5, paperback

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

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There’s nothing wrong with a touch of madness. – Cheshire Cat

Someday Hatta will save the kingdom. In his mind, at least. But his talents of uncharacteristic kindness and a passion for colors hardly qualify him for such a destiny. In a kingdom that doesn’t need saving, a young man ignorant of social norms is the unlikeliest of heroes. On the other end of the spectrum is Chism, a young Elite soldier who thrives on conflict. How will this rash, obsessive soldier aid the childlike Hatta in his journey? Along the way, the Cheshire Cat, Queen of Hearts, White Queen, and other familiar characters emerge to fill their eminent roles as well. Witness literature’s most lovable lunatic’s tangled ascent into madness.

Voice Across Time by Linda Todd Bush

Title: Voice Across Time

Author: Linda Todd Bush

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: June 2011

ISBN:

Size: 272 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Romance

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1844: On her eighteenth birthday, Catherine Ann Moore is betrothed to Tom Fisher, a carpenter’s apprentice, who gives her a handmade engraved wooden box as an engagement gift. But when Tom begins listening to the Mormon missionaries who are preaching in town, Catherine’s father, the village vicar, forbids her from marrying him—and from having any dealings with this strange religion she’s increasingly drawn to. Unwilling to part with either, Catherine makes the painful choice to be baptized against her father’s wishes. She then departs for Zion with Tom and his family, leaving her sorrowing parents behind and carrying an ache in her heart.

Colorado, present day: Real estate broker Abigail Peters loves her boyfriend, Scott, a successful lawyer who adores her completely, but when he asks her to marry him, she’s filled with uncertainty. Needing some breathing room, Abby travels alone to her late grandmother’s home in St. George, Utah, to prepare the vacant house for sale. But when an old friend introduces her to Blake Matthews, a young Mormon doctor whose goodness softens her long-inactive Mormon faith, Abby is more confused than ever. And when their friendship grows into something more, she faces a choice that seems almost impossible— until she finds an engraved wooden box in her grandmother’s attic that holds echoes from the past and promises for the future.

Ammon by H.B. Moore

Title: Ammon

Author: H.B. Moore

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: June 2011

ISBN: 978-1-60861-238-3

Size: 272 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Historical

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With the fire of newfound testimony, Ammon and his brethren leave Zarahemla to preach the gospel in Lamanite lands, carrying nothing but hunting weapons and the promises of God. Spotted by an enemy scout, they part ways in the dense jungle with hopes of reuniting at the close of their harvest. Ammon follows the Spirit to the borders of Ishmael, where he’s ambushed just seconds after spotting Elena, a fair-skinned woman who captures his interest.

As Ammon gains reknown in the kingdom, he defends Elena from the advances of Gad, the loathsome widower she’ll soon be required to marry. Then swearing allegiance to the Lamanite king and trusting in the Lord, Ammon further proves his strength and devotion by sparing King Lamoni’s flocks from plunderers. The amazed king and his court are converted to the gospel through Ammon’s powerful teachings and the miraculous events that follow, but each action Ammon takes causes more and more disruption throughout the kingdom. And when Elena is abducted by her own brother and hidden away in an unspeakable place, Ammon faces his greatest struggle yet: not just the outward challenge of lethal combat but also the inward challenge of loving one’s enemy.

And Baby Makes Three by Rebecca Winters

Title: And Baby Makes Three

Author: Rebecca Winters & Lucy Gordon

Publisher: Harlequin

Release Date: June 7, 2011

ISBN: 978-0373177349

Size: 192 pages, 4×6, mass market paperback

Genre: Romance

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* This book may be a reprint and ineligible for a Whitney Award. ??

Adopted Baby, Convenient Wife by Rebecca Winters

Catherine Arnold will do anything to keep precious baby Bonnie in her life—even marry the little girl’s gorgeous, rugged uncle, Cole Farraday. As their union grows near Catherine is almost breathless with nerves…and secret excitement!

Playboy’s Surprise Son by Lucy Gordon

Five years ago, racing star Jared held Kaye in his arms, only to leave after discovering how innocent she was. But their one night had lasting consequences…. Now an older, wiser Jared will discover that the child he longs for exists, and the mother is the one woman he’s never forgotten!

Watched by Cindy M. Hogan

Title: Watched

Author: Cindy M. Hogan

Publisher: CreateSpace

Release Date: June 8, 2011

ISBN: 978-0615493381

Size: 342 pages, 5×8, paperback

Genre: YA Suspense

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It takes more than a school trip to Washington, D.C. to change fifteen-year-old-Christy’s life. It takes murder.
A witness to the brutal slaying of a Senator’s aide, Christy finds herself watched not only by the killers and the FBI, but also by two hot boys.

She discovers that if she can’t help the FBI, who want to protect her, it will cost her and her new friends their lives.

Perdition’s Gateway by Terrance Drake

Title: Perdition’s Gateway

Author: Terrance Drake

Publisher: Cedar Fort

Release Date: June 8, 2011

ISBN: 978-1599555072

Size: 288 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Speculative

“This is Conner Brandt. I am recording this entry at 6:55 A.M. on 1 August 2015. In approximately nine hours I will be pronounced clinically dead by Dr. Kenneth Banks, my personal physician.”

After finally achieving cryonic preservation, Dr. Conner Brandt volunteers himself to be dead for a year. But his business executives, sensing enormous profit, and a dying billionaire, desperate for a chance at life, won’t wait that long for him to come back. What they don’t know is that Brandt is fighting, quite literally, for his soul. If he fails the world changes…permanently.

The Forgotten Locket by Lisa Mangum

Title: The Forgotten Locket

Author: Lisa Mangum

Publisher: Shadow Mountain

Release Date: June 9, 2011

ISBN: 978-1609080495

Size: 416 pages, hardcover

Genre: YA Fantasy Romance

Series: The Hourglass Door (book 1), The Golden Spiral (book 2)

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The future is uncertain.

The battle to control the past has begun.

The final book in the riveting Hourglass Door trilogy begins when Abby steps through the black door, and she doesn t dare look back. Though it means leaving Dante—wounded, bleeding, and possibly blind—she knows it is the only way to save her family and stop Zo from manipulating the river of time and throwing the future into chaos. In the end, Abby must face a final confrontation that will take her to the very origins of the hourglass door.

Flames of Redemption by Michelle Thompson

Title: Flames of Redemption

Author: Michelle Thompson

Publisher: Cedar Fort

Release Date: June 8, 2011

ISBN: 978-1599555058

Size: 208 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Young Adult

Fifteen-year-old Jane Carter’s last foster family was abusive. Broken and scarred, her search for healing with her new family, and the prospect of facing her abuser again, lead her to a decision: cling on to her hate, fear, and bitterness or, like the mythical phoenix, let herself be engulfed in flames and be reborn from the ashes.

Possession by Elana Johnson

Title: Possession

Author: Elana Johnson

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Release Date: June 7, 2011

ISBN: 978-1442421257

Size: 416 pages, hardcover

Genre: Young Adult Dystopian

Vi knows the Rule: Girls don’t walk with boys, and they never even think about kissing them. But no one makes Vi want to break the Rules more than Zenn…and since the Thinkers have chosen him as Vi’s future match, how much trouble can one kiss cause? The Thinkers may have brainwashed the rest of the population, but Vi is determined to think for herself.

But the Thinkers are unusually persuasive, and they’re set on convincing Vi to become one of them…starting by brainwashing Zenn. Vi can’t leave Zenn in the Thinkers’ hands, but she’s wary of joining the rebellion, especially since that means teaming up with Jag. Jag is egotistical, charismatic, and dangerous–everything Zenn’s not. Vi can’t quite trust Jag and can’t quite resist him, but she also can’t give up on Zenn.

This is a game of control or be controlled. And Vi has no choice but to play.