From the internationally bestselling author Julie de Lestrange.

"Amazing and breathtaking" -- France Radio.

Specimen: a human child grown in an artificial womb.

Gestation period: 15 years.

Result: an active and productive member of the Community.

Matilda was one of the first. 20 now, she is part of the team of scientists looking after future generations in development at the Center. Like her, these specimens will have no childhood. Like her, they will be born and programmed for war, conditioned to confront an unseen enemy that terrorizes society.

So, when some specimens start to exhibit signs of a strange and terrible medical condition, Matilda knows she must find a way to save them at all costs.

What she discovers causes her to question everything she has ever known.

But can a single person change the whole world?

Now her choice is simple: shut up or fight.