Secrets made them. Powers changed them. Survival will define them. Sixteen-year-old Samantha Riley thought her biggest problem was a fight with her best friend—until she saw her mother twice. One upstairs, tearing apart a bedroom in a frantic search. One downstairs, calling her name. That moment shatters the reality she thought she knew. When her twin brother, Stone, admits the unthinkable―that he can transform into other people―Sammy realizes she's not imagining things. And when she discovers she can do it too, their world spirals out of control. Suddenly, the twins are thrust into a world of dangerous secrets, hunted by Dr. Jasper―the brilliant, unstable scientist who engineered their existence in a lab. To Jasper, they aren't kids. They're experiments. And he won't stop until he has them back under his control. Determined to stay free, Sammy and Stone team up with Jason, a mysterious older teen with powers of his own, and begin searching for others like them. But every new ally brings new risks, and every discovery pulls Jasper closer. As the danger escalates, Sammy is forced to question whether their abilities are a gift—or the curse Jasper designed them to be. Caught between the normal life she wants and the terrifying truth of who she is, Sammy must decide who to trust, how far she’s willing to go to survive, and what kind of person she wants to become. Because the truth about their origins is only the beginning—and Jasper’s plan is far darker than she ever imagined. Awakening is a fast-paced YA sci-fi thriller about identity, survival, and the bonds that define us.