Assimilate

By Emily Jack Hayden and Joy Avery

"What I feel bad about now is not the killing I did, so much as the killing I didn't do." Sixteen-year-old Tan Michaels is pumped to have been chosen for his new assignment: to assimilate with students at the local high school. Tan's assignment is the first major step in his secluded society's overall plan to integrate with their local California community. His genetically enhanced mind and body make the transition easy at first- Tan breezes through his homework and stuns the judges and onlookers at his first gymnastics meet. He's also managed to capture the attention of Paisley, an artsy barista he discovers in history class. He feels less fortunate to have also captured the attention of Whitney, the girl his new friends say he should want. When Tan's twin sister goes missing, he's ordered to put his assignment on hold along with his still-new relationship with Paisley. In the search for his sister, Tan secretly discovers some mind-blowing information. Has the society's long-established goal of complete assimilation morphed into something much more sinister? When his new high school friend, Cole, is found dead, Tan must face the possibility that the high commanders in his own beloved society may have had something to do with it. With 48 hours to figure it all out, Tan and his posse find themselves faced with choices not merely of life and death, but of who lives and who dies. And the rot at the top may be closer than Tan would ever have imagined.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481236474
• ISBN13: 9781481236478
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.7" x 5.1"