

It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she’s programmed to complete. Still, it’s easy to tune that out - until Tally’s offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.

The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. But Tally’s never been ordinary.Īnd now she’s been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor - frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. “Special Circumstances”: The words have sent chills down Tally’s spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly.
