Free to Fall

From the author of Parallel comes a high-stakes romantic puzzler set in a near-future where everyone’s life is seamlessly orchestrated by personal electronic devices. Imaginative and thrilling, this fast-paced story with two starred reviews is not to be missed.

Fast-forward to a time when Apple and Google have been replaced by Gnosis, a monolith corporation that has developed the most life-changing technology to ever hit the market: Lux, an app that flawlessly optimizes decision-making for the best personal results. Just like everyone else, sixteen-year-old Rory Vaughn knows the key to a happy, healthy life is to follow what Lux recommends. When she’s accepted to the elite boarding school Theden Academy, her future happiness seems all the more assured. But once on campus, something feels wrong beneath the polished surface of her prestigious dream school. Then she meets North, a handsome townie who doesn’t use Lux, and begins to fall for him and his outsider way of life. Soon, Rory is going against Lux’s recommendations, listening instead to the inner voice that everyone has been taught to ignore—a choice that leads her to uncover a truth neither she nor the world ever saw coming.

• Free Will vs. Fate: A thought-provoking sci-fi thriller that explores what it means to choose for yourself in a world where an app has all the answers.
• An Elite Boarding School Setting: Beneath the polished surface of Theden Academy, prestigious traditions hide deadly secrets, and the key to survival is breaking the rules.
• A Forbidden Romance: She’s a rule-follower from an elite world; he’s a handsome outsider who lives by his own code. When Rory meets North, she begins to question everything—especially the app that tells her to stay away from him.
• The Whisper of the “Doubt”: In a world that’s taught everyone to ignore their intuition, Rory’s inner voice is getting louder. Is it a glitch in her brain, or a guide to a truth no one wants her to find?