Reviewed by: Shelley Walter, OHS Library Secretary

This is based in Australia, underground, and not sure what year. The book is in the first person as a young girl, Alyssa Scott, with special abilities is subjected to experiments and medical tests. She does not speak out loud for fear what her words will do. As the book goes on Alyssa reveals her ability to Speak and her intent comes to be. She has no idea of her power and she finds out through a series of training session.

Alyssa is being trained to control her power by one group of people who tell her they are the good guys. She is then kidnapped by a splinter group that she has been told are the enemy. What Alyssa finds out is the enemy is actually the good guys. The book’s climax is when Alyssa confronts the mad scientist that has been experimenting on her not for knowledge but to steal her abilities. The end is open to a sequel continuing with the prospect of more conflicts between the two groups.