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Inside

by S. A. Gales

A world built around the boundary

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A world built around the boundary

Naya’s indoor city is defined by unstable architecture: doors disappear, windows shift, and rooms change size. Within that controlled environment, she hopes to earn a place in its governing and police force, the NSDE, and her mother’s approval. A secret assignment takes her beyond the city to spy on the Spiravits, whom she has been taught to regard as enemies. Encounters with siblings Zayn and Anice complicate that mission, as Naya’s experience of the Outside challenges what she believed about the people there. The setup brings questions of loyalty, authority, and truth into a science-fiction story about a young person crossing from a familiar world into an unknown one.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in science-fiction stories with an unusual indoor setting.
  • Readers who enjoy plots involving undercover assignments and shifting loyalties.
  • Those interested in stories about questioning what one has been taught about an opposing group.

Themes

Loyalty and family expectationsAuthority and belongingTruth and deceptionPerception of enemiesCrossing into the unknown

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Book overview

Naya has spent her whole life training in an indoor world, but is she truly ready for the Outside? A brand-new sci-fi YA debut for fans of Scythe and Happy Head.

Whatever happens, don't go Outside.

Naya has been navigating the disappearing doors, shifting windows, and size-changing rooms of her indoor city her whole life. She will do anything to be accepted into the city's governing body and police force, the NSDE, and anything to make her mother, the General, proud.

So when her mother asks her to take on a top-secret, dangerous assignment, to spy on the Spiravits, a dangerous enemy with powers no one understands, she accepts.

Naya knew the risks in leaving the safety of her indoor home, but she never thought the Spiravits would be so human, especially as she starts getting closer to two siblings, Zayn and Anice. And that Outside would be quite so...wonderful.

What if everything she thought she knew was wrong? How can she complete her mission when she can no longer tell truths from lies?
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