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She never chose her deadly gift but now she’s forced to use it. How far would you go to protect the only family you have left?Annie is beset by fleeting strange visions and a guilty conscience. Blind and orphaned, she struggles to care for her feisty younger sister Fia, but things look up when both sisters are offered a place at Kessler School for Exceptional Girls.Born with flawless intuition, Fia immediately knows that something’s wrong, but bites her tongue... until it’s too late. For Fia is the perfect weapon to carry out criminal plans and there are those at Kessler who will do anything to ensure her co-operation.With Annie trapped in Kessler’s sinister clutches, instincts keep Fia from killing an innocent guy and everything unravels. Is manipulative James the key to the sisters’ freedom or an even darker prison? And how can Fia atone for the blood on her hands?
When two orphaned sisters are recruited into a prestigious school that masks a criminal enterprise, they must navigate a web of manipulation to survive. Annie, who is blind and burdened by strange visions, relies on her younger sister Fia to navigate their world, but their enrollment at the Kessler School for Exceptional Girls forces them into a dangerous game. Fia, possessing a lethal intuition, finds herself coerced into becoming a weapon for the school's sinister leadership. The narrative follows their struggle to reclaim their autonomy while Fia grapples with the moral weight of the violence she is forced to commit, all while questioning the motives of those around them.
This work is characterized by its focus on the high-stakes tension inherent in the thriller genre, specifically through the lens of familial protection. The narrative structure emphasizes the psychological toll of coercion, positioning the sisters as both victims and unwilling participants in a larger, darker design. The premise suggests a focus on the moral erosion of the protagonist, Fia, as she attempts to reconcile her innate abilities with the demands of her captors. Readers likely engage with the story for its exploration of the bond between siblings under extreme duress and the unraveling of the school's hidden, sinister agenda.
Page Count:
302
Publication Date:
2013-02-19
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN-10:
0007492855
ISBN-13:
9780007492855
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