This book takes Hitler's Aryan race and adds twist to it. Not only do they have blonde hair, blue eyes, and a strong body, they also have some mental ability that allows them to do special things. When Ellyssa no longer wants this life she escapes and adventure begins.

I enjoyed the second half of this book more than the first. The first part felt too slow. BUT since this is a first book in a series it is understandable. The first half of almost any first book in a series is a slow with all the world and character building.

I enjoyed the ways that Ellyssa used her mind reading talent. She could figure out how the intentions of people and events that they had witnessed and not just there active "verbal" thoughts.

In this YA dystopianish novel, the Nazis had won the war and the goal of Aryan purity has been pursued with "imperfect" people killed or living on the outskirts of society in hiding as Renegades. Ellyssa and her siblings have been genetically engineered to be perfect Aryans and soldiers with the ability to wipe out the rest of the imperfect society and begin anew. Ellyssa can read minds and her siblings have other abilities that their "father" wishes to hone and reproduce in others. When a Renegade sends a message to her mind, she flees the facility where she was raised and is found by a group of Renegades who take her in. Rein is a handsome young man who she falls in love with, having just learned how to experience emotions. The book ends in a cliffhanger and there should be more in the series.