Specials - Scott Westerfeld

The Specials used to be a sinister rumor – frightening beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast.

Now Tally’s become one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep Uglies down and Pretties stupid. The strength, the speed and the clarity of her new powers feel amazing… most of the time. One tiny corner of Tally’s heart still remembers something different.

When she’s offered the chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke, she is forced to make one last choice: carry out the mission, or listen to that faint yet persistent heartbeat telling her that something’s wrong…