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The Legacy Human
2014
First Published
3.92
Average Rating
412
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What would you give to live forever? Seventeen-year-old Elijah Brighton wants to become an ascender—a post-Singularity human/machine hybrid—after all, they're smarter, more enlightened, more compassionate, and above all, achingly beautiful. But Eli is a legacy human, preserved and cherished for his unaltered genetic code, just like the rainforest he paints. When a fugue state possesses him and creates great art, Eli miraculously lands a sponsor for the creative Olympics. If he could just master the fugue, he could take the gold and win the right to ascend, bringing everything he's yearned for within reach... including his beautiful ascender patron. But once Eli arrives at the Games, he finds the ascenders are playing games of their own. Everything he knows about the ascenders and the legacies they keep starts to unravel... until he's running for his life and wondering who he truly is. The Legacy Human is the first in Susan Kaye Quinn's new young adult science fiction series that explores the intersection of mind, body, and soul in a post-Singularity world... and how technology will challenge us to remember what it means to be human. WHAT REVIEWERS ARE SAYING: "This book is Hunger Games (without the violence or controversy) meets Divergent." "If I were a movie producer, I would option this in a heartbeat." "This story is so intense I felt I couldn't get a proper breath." "Science fiction with philosophical depth!" "Palpable intelligent fiction at its best, for any age reader."

Avg Rating
3.92
Number of Ratings
1,513
5 STARS
33%
4 STARS
37%
3 STARS
23%
2 STARS
5%
1 STARS
3%
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Author

Susan Kaye Quinn
Susan Kaye Quinn
Author · 57 books

CLICK HERE for a FREE STORY Susan Kaye Quinn is a rocket scientist turned speculative fiction author who now uses her PhD to invent cool stuff in books. Her works range from young adult science fiction to adult future-noir, with side trips into royal fantasy romance and middle grade. Her bestselling novels and short stories have been optioned for Virtual Reality, translated into German and French, and featured in several anthologies. She writes full-time from Chicago, inventing mind powers and dreaming of the Singularity. All of Sue's books: YOUNG ADULT SCIENCE FICTION Singularity Novel Series The Legacy Human (Singularity #1) The Duality Bridge (Singularity #2) The Illusory Prophet (Singularity 3) Stories of Singularity Restore (Stories of Singularity #1) Containment (Stories of Singularity #2) Augment (Stories of Singularity #3) Awakening (Stories of Singularity #4) Harvest (Stories of Singularity #5) Defiancé (Stories of Singularity #6) Resistance (Stories of Singularity #7) Mindjack Series Open Minds Book #1) Closed Hearts (Book #2) Free Souls (Book #3) Locked Tight (Book #4) Cracked Open (Book #5) Broken Wide (Book #6) Mindjack Short Story Collection (Book #7) WATCH the award-winning live-action Mindjack Book Trailer! SWEET, ROYAL ROMANCE Third Daughter (The Royals of Dharia #1) Second Daughter (The Royals of Dharia #2) First Daughter (The Royals of Dharia #3) ADULT FUTURE NOIR The Debt Collector: LIRIUM (Season One) The Debt Collector: WRAITH (Season Two) WATCH the Debt Collector Book Trailer ANTHOLOGIES Synchronic Telepath Chronicles AI Chronicles Dark Beyond The Stars Future Chronicles Cyborg Chronicles CLONES: The Anthology MIDDLE GRADE Faery Swap WATCH the Faery Swap Book Trailer CONTACT SUSAN Susan's Website | Susan's twitter | Susan's Facebook Page Susan's Email: susankayequinn@comcast.net

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