Thank you to God for giving me the talent and perseverance to see this project through to its end.
More thank-yous to my wonderful group of blog readers and Twitter followers and other online friends. You all are fantastic. Please don’t stop what you’re doing. Keep it coming. And last but not least, thank you to you, wonderful reader. I hope you enjoy my book. I’m grateful you chose this book from all the other wonderful ones swarming the shelves.
About the Author
J. A. Souders lives in Florida with her husband and their two children and is an active member of the Romance Writers of America, Central Florida Romance Writers, Young Adult Romance Writers of America, and Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Renegade is her first novel.
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
RENEGADE
Copyright © 2012 by Jessica Souders
All rights reserved.
Cover art by Eithne O’Halon
Map by Jon Lansberg
Design by Mary A. Wirth
A Tor Teen Book
Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
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Tor® is a registered trademark of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Renegade / J. A. Souders.—1st ed.
p. cm.
“A Tom Doherty Associates Book.”
ISBN 978-0-7653-3245-5 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4668-0095-3 (e-book)
1. Undersea colonies—Fiction. 2. Secrets—Fiction. 3. Memory—Fiction. 4. Genetics—Fiction. 5. Science fiction. I. Title.
PZ7.S7246Ren 2012
[Fic]—dc23
2012024424
e-ISBN 9781466800953
First Edition: November 2012
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Elysium City Plan
Chapter 1
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright