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Alexandra Tashen is a brilliant student, adoring daughter, merry wit, and exuberant prankster. After a blissful childhood on a Texas ranch, she learns the truth: She is a refusé, an illegal refugee smuggled into the Allied Nations as an infant. Everyone from her birth region carries a harmless but detectable bit of viral DNA from a flu vaccine. If detected by the rapid genetic testing at security screens, Alex will be returned to the Federation and a likely death. Her adoptive father developed a gene therapy to mask her g-marker, but it is not fully effective. Every g-screen presents a nerve-racking one-in-ten chance of getting caught. When her father goes missing, Alex abandons her cloistered academic life in San Francisco for a globe-trotting Commission in a desperate race to warn him of a trap that will destroy them both. As Alex dodges g-screens on her precarious and often hilarious adventure, a love triangle develops between her and two men: Eric Burton, a commanding and disgraced intelligence officer, and his blood brother, Strav Beki, a charismatic and dangerously unhinged diplomat. Betrayals mount and secrets unravel, building to the most confounding choices that people can face--choices between love, family loyalty, and moral obligation.

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Sheri T. Joseph grew up in a New York beach town until her family relocated to San Francisco. She holds a bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley and a JD from UC Law San Francisco. She is passionate about the need for housing and serves as executive director of a nonprofit corporation that supports creation of affordable housing for families, veterans, refugees, and vulnerable populations. She's also a trustee for Homeward Bound, a provider of homeless services and housing. Sheri and her husband have three adventurous children and live in Tiburon, California. Edge of the Known World is her first book. Marnye Young has an MFA from David Geffen Yale School of Drama and is the recipient of numerous awards, including SOVAS and Earphones. She is a stage, screen, and voice actor and has recorded hundreds of audiobooks. She has done voice-over work for major brands like Microsoft as well as video games. As the mother of identical twin daughters and a mompreneur, Marnye has a unique perspective on what it means to be a working mom. She is best known for her role as Lady Anne in the SAG-AFTRA film Richard III with William Daniels. Marnye is a Jane Austenite and a Shakespeare buff. Marnye Young has an MFA from David Geffen Yale School of Drama and is the recipient of numerous awards, including SOVAS and Earphones. She is a stage, screen, and voice actor and has recorded hundreds of audiobooks. She has done voice-over work for major brands like Microsoft as well as video games. As the mother of identical twin daughters and a mompreneur, Marnye has a unique perspective on what it means to be a working mom. She is best known for her role as Lady Anne in the SAG-AFTRA film Richard III with William Daniels. Marnye is a Jane Austenite and a Shakespeare buff.

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