I'm very surprised that I enjoyed this book. Firstly, I rarely ever like science fiction books, and two, the cover looked boring. Although there are some cases that this isn't true, this is certainly a case where you should not judge a book by its cover.

This book is about a boy named Spaz who is a "normal" and meets an gummy (aka an old person) named Ryter. Together, they embark on a journey across lands controlled by different vicious gangs to take a look at Spaz's sister one last time after they were separated from each other. On their way, they meet a really nice "proov" (yes, this must sound weird, but you'll understand once you read the story) named Lanaya who lives in Eden, a place where genetically improved (hence the name "proov") people live. Well I can't reveal any more or it would pretty much be a spoiler, although I have no idea what there is to spoil, as there is no superbly "spoilable" ending here, but the ending is both wonderful and heartbreaking at the same time.

I found that this book seemed a lot like Fahrenheit 451, Star Wars, and Indiana Jones put into one. However, I'm sure that many people will find this book interesting. And personally, I thought this seemed way less gory than The Body of Christopher Creed, which was the previous book I read and was assigned for my summer reading list.