Amy is cryogenically frozen, along with her parents, so she can take part in a colonizing mission on a distant earth-like planet. She expects to "sleep" for 300 years, and then wake up at her parents side. However, when she does wake up, it's 50 years too early. She's alone, on a ship ruled by a rigid tyrant, in a society where the only "normal" people are deemed crazy. Furthermore, the future leader of the ship, Elder, has taken a special interest in her, one that she's not sure she can trust.
One review that I read described this books as claustrophobic, and I think that's the perfect word for a book set on a spaceship roughly the size of a small island that flies nearly a lifetime away from any outside human contact. At times, I could feel the metal walls of the ship closing in on me, a feeling which was made worse for being trapped with an all-powerful evil leader and a society of mindless drones. This books was very well done, and will be great for people who like their sci-fi seriously creepy. A word of warning- this book is the first in a trilogy, and while the ending has more resolution that some YA books out there, it still leaves you room to wonder "what now?"
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