Same, Same but Different

By Monique de Ruiter

Seventeen-year-old Ivy Virelli was born in the silence between planets, raised on a ship where safety meant control and every choice was made for her. She has never touched a planet's soil, never lived outside the mission, never been free.

When her family's mission brings them to Spero, a breathtakingly perfect world where harmony is law, Ivy is mesmerised. The forests hum with colour, the people move in eerie unison, and peace seems absolute. But the deeper she is drawn in, the more she sees the cracks beneath the surface, the rules no one dares to speak aloud, and the heavy cost of keeping a world so flawless.

As secrets rise and connections pull her closer to those who should be enemies, Ivy finds herself torn between loyalty and the dangerous pull of freedom. She must decide whether to follow the life she was trained for or claim the freedom she was never supposed to find.

Same, Same but Different is the first book in a sharp, immersive YA sci-fi series about control, hidden strength, and the fight to belong.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1764267613
• ISBN13: 9781764267618
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Tallwing Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary