Beggars in SpainHarper Collins, 2009 M05 13 - 451 páginas In a world where the slightest edge can mean the difference between success and failure, Leisha Camden is beautiful, extraordinarily intelligent ... and one of an ever-growing number of human beings who have been genetically modified to never require sleep. Once considered interesting anomalies, now Leisha and the other "Sleepless" are outcasts -- victims of blind hatred, political repression, and shocking mob violence meant to drive them from human society ... and, ultimately, from Earth itself. But Leisha Camden has chosen to remain behind in a world that envies and fears her "gift" -- a world marked for destruction in a devastating conspiracy of freedom ... and revenge. |
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... eyes were brown , her skin had a brown tinge that might have been pretty if her cheeks had had any color . She wore a brown coat , neither fashionable nor cheap , and shoes that looked vaguely orthopedic . Ong glanced at his records for ...
... eyes. Tall. Slender.” Ong smiled. “Appearance factors are the easiest to achieve, as I'm sure you already know. But all we can do about slenderness is give her a genetic disposition in that direction. How you feed the child will ...
... eyes widened. “She killed it?” “By mistake,” Camden said shortly. “Shook the little thing too hard.” He frowned at Ong. “Nurses, Doctor. In shifts. You should have picked only parents wealthy enough to afford nurses in shifts.” “That's ...
... eyes were very blue in his blunt - featured face ; he wasn't what she had expected . Mrs. Camden , who apparently lacked both a first name and a lawyer , since Jaworski had been introduced as her husband's but not 8 ПАПСУ KRESS.
... eyes . " Is it too much to believe that just once the universe has given us something wholly good , wholly a step forward , wholly beneficial ? Without hidden penalties ? " " Not the universe . The intelligence of people like you ...