Frey becomes the perfect impostor – as elegant, smart, strong and charming as her sister. Frey has never been out in the world on her own – until her father sends her in Rafi’s place to the neighbouring city of Victoria to act as collateral for a dangerous deal with the rival Palafox family. Rafi has been taught to charm the citizens and the influential visitors, and is trained in court etiquette, poise and diplomacy.įrey is Rafi’s body double trained in the use of weapons and combat, and as an assassin, and only exists to protect her sister. Rafi is the self-possessed face of Shreve, the city their father rules with an iron fist, electronically tracking the citizens’ every move. but very few people in Shreve have ever seen them together and thus believe they are one and the same. The major characters, Frey and Rafi, are inseparable 16 year old twin sisters, first daughters of Shreve, who are pawns in a power play by their traitorous, scheming father…. Set in a post- apocalyptic world full of advanced military technology, power struggles, dictatorships, and the ever-present threat of treachery, this novel is the first book in a new, four- part series which presents us with a thrilling return to Westerfeld’s dystopian world of his earlier titles Uglies, Pretties and Specials.

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