Fragile remedy
Ingrande Mora, Maria, 1980-2021
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Sixteen-year-old Nate is a GEM - a Genetically Engineered Medical Surrogate - created by Gathos City scientists as a cure for the elite from the fatal lung rot ravaging the population. As a child, Nate was smuggled out of the laboratory where he was held captive and taken into the Withers - a quarantined, lawless region. He manages to survive by becoming a Tinkerer, fixing broken tech in exchange for food or a safe place to sleep. When he meets Reed, a kind and fiercely protective boy who makes his heart race, and his misfit gang of scavengers, Nate finds the family he's always longed for - even if he can't risk telling them what he is. But Gathos created a genetic fail-safe in their GEMs - a flaw in their DNA that causes their health to rapidly deteriorate as they age unless they are regularly dosed with medication controlled by Gathos City.
Main title:
Fragile remedy / Maria Ingrande Mora.
Author:
Ingrande Mora, Maria, 1980-, author
Imprint:
Mendota Heights : Flux, 2021.
Collation:
400 pages ; 21 cm
Audience:
Adolescent.
ISBN:
9781635830569 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6F
LC class:
PZ7.1.I58
Language:
English
BRN:
2845534