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Wow, this is an amazing book.

Amy is one of the frozen passengers on Godspeed. She, her parents and many others left Earth some centuries ago, hoping to colonise a new planet called Centauri-Earth, away from the polluted skies of Earth. Amy's hoping to wake up three centuries later, with her parents, on a new and fantastic Earth. She's given up her life for this, her home, her boyfriend, her friends, everything.

Elder lives on Godspeed. Even though he is the future leader of the ship, there's still much that Eldest hasn't told him. Elder is prepared to go to many lengths to find out those secrets. He discovers a secret level below that of the Feeders (people who want nothing more than to serve Eldest willingly and tend to farm animals), one where there are many, many frozen people. He discovers a girl, with flaming red hair, bright green eyes and pale, freckly skin. He has never seen the likes of this; everyone on Godpspeed is mono ethnic and looks pretty much the same; the same dark skin, dark hair and eyes. This apparently, is to prevent discord.

Amy was prepared to give everything up in the hopes of a better life. Something, though, goes horribly wrong. Somehow, she has been reanimated early and has now woken up on Godspeed with another half a century to go before the scheduled landing time.

Eldest, a tyrannical leader, is determined that the people on Godspeed believe that Amy is one of the "crazies" and sends her to the Ward, with a mixture of "crazy" people who Amy discovers are actually quite sane. Elder is fascinated by Amy and wants to know more about her and Sol-Earth (our Earth).

When another cryo chamber is opened, the second after Amy's, she's determined to discover who is behind the plot before her parents are murdered.

This is a fantastic sci-fi book that I really loved. You will get hooked right from the start with the chilling description of Amy and her parents getting frozen for the trip.

Beth Revis takes us on a fascinating journey into the future. On the ship, there are many secrets that need to be uncovered to save every frozen person and everyone who's not. But it is much easier said than done.

I hope this review has encouraged you to read this book. It is really worth it, a great read!