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The undercurrent

by Paula Weston (2017)

About this book

"Eighteen-year-old Julianne De Marchi is different. She has an electrical undercurrent beneath her skin that stings and surges like a live wire. She can use it; to spark a fire, maybe even end a life; but she doesn't understand what it is. She can barely control it, especially when she's anxious. Ryan Walsh was on track for a stellar football career when his knee blew out. Now he's a soldier; part of an experimental privatised military unit that has identified Jules De Marchi as a threat. Is it because of the weird undercurrent she's tried so hard to hide? Or because of her mother Angie's history as an activist against bio-engineering and big business? It's no coincidence that Ryan and Jules are in the same place at the same time; he's under orders to follow her, after all. But then an explosive attack on a city building by an unknown enemy throws them together in the most violent and unexpected way." -- Provided by publisher.

Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe undercurrent Lead Character

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