Solitaire
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- Synopsis
- Since the moment she came into the world, Ren "Jackal" Segura has been treated differently. As a Hope, she is a symbol of the highest principles of human society and is guaranteed a position of influence in the global government once she comes of age. But two months before she is to assume the role she has been preparing for her entire life- when she will leave her home to represent the massive corporate entity that houses, feeds, and employs her and everyone around her-Jackal discovers that everything she believes, everything she is, is a lie. Saddled with a crushing burden she dares not share with anyone-not even Snow, her closest web mate, her dearest heart-she must live as if nothing has changed. But on a recreational outing with the others in her web, she inadvertently finds herself at the center of a maelstrom of terror and catastrophe... and in a single instant, Jackal Segura is a Hope no longer. In the collective eyes of the society that once revered her, she has become someone else: a pariah... and a murderer. Now she must suffer a terrible punishment. Agreeing to participate in a "rehabilitation" experiment, she surrenders to a virtual solitude, imprisoned alone in a cold gray box in her mind, where months will seem like years and the demons of her psyche will be allowed free rein. But Jackal's history as a Hope has given her strengths and skills other prisoners lack-powers she will need to endure the tormenting loneliness; to survive, branded and despised, back in a world she doesn't know; to uncover the truth about her cruel betrayal; and to rediscover her life, her love, and her soul-in a strange place of shattered hopes and new beginnings, called Solitaire.
- Copyright:
- 2002
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780060783457
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 08/15/08
- Copyrighted By:
- Kelley Eskridge
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Import
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.