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Eighteen-year-old Julianne De Marchi is different. As in: she has an electrical undercurrent beneath her skin that stings and surges like a live wire. She can use it�to spark a fire, maybe even end a life�but she doesn�t understand what it is. And she can barely control it, especially when she�s anxious. Ryan Walsh was on track for a stellar football career when his knee blew out. Now he�s a soldier�part of an experimental privatised military unit that has identified Jules De Marchi as a threat. Is it because of the weird undercurrent she�s tried so hard to hide? Or because of her mother Angie�s history as an activist against bio-engineering and big business? It�s no coincidence that Ryan and Jules are in the same place at the same time�he�s under orders to follow her, after all. But then an explosive attack on a city building by an unknown enemy throws them together in the most violent and unexpected way. Paula Weston, author of the much-admired Rephaim series, returns with a standalone work: a futuristic thriller that is only slightly futuristic�but utterly and undeniably thrilling. Great writing, heart-burning characters, probing questions about where technology is taking us�and a plot that zips and zings like an electrical current itself. This is a great young-adult writer at the peak of her powers. Paula Weston is a Brisbane-based author. She has more than twenty years� experience as a professional writer�first as a print journalist and then as a government communication and media specialist. She co-owns a writing/design consultancy. �Late for dinner, late for work, late late late. Thanks so much, Paula Weston. I picked up Shimmer and forgot everything else.� Adelaide Advertiser �Superbly written, action-packed fiction with interesting, brilliantly flawed characters.� Fictional Thoughts �Some books you crave. You keep returning to the cover art and re-reading the blurb, you stalk the authors� Twitter, Tumblr, Goodreads profiles in the hopes of gleaning morsels of information...you count-down to release day. Paula Weston is something special indeed.� ALPHA reader �The Undercurrent has everything you could possibly ask for in a YA novel�illegal human experimentation, military groups for hire, companies with hidden agendas, government mismanagement of environmental threats, romance, X-Men-style abilities, a nuanced mother-daughter relationship and non-stop action and intrigue. The characters are endearing and believable, the romance meaningful without being saccharine and the plot races along with impeccable timing...The Undercurrent is a worthy companion to beloved Australian speculative novels such as The Sky So Heavy by Claire Zorn and John Marsden�s Tomorrow series.� Books+Publishing