<b>This debut thriller combines a pulse-pounding thriller (like <i>False Memory</i> or <i>Starters</i>) with a new adult coming-of-age story set at Texas A&M University. </b><br><br>When Ren Sharpe was fourteen, she was kidnapped by a shadowy organization called FATE and trained to be a human weapon.<br> <br> Now, four years later, she receives her assignment: protect Gareth Young at all costs. Currently a student at Texas A&M, Gareth will someday change the world. FATE calls people like Gareth “FIPs”—future important people—and they’re everywhere, each with a FATE-trained shadow.<br> <br> But when disaster strikes, Ren will have to turn on her maker. Together with Junie, a fellow abductee and the one person she trusts, Ren takes Gareth on the run.<br> <br> Because whatever else happens, failure is not an option.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>