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The Awoken is a phenomenal storyfilled with action romance plot twists and a few big juicy revealsIssa Rae

A cinematic speculative debut about a woman who undergoes cryogenic preservation at the time of her death and wakes up a century later in a world where her very life is a crime

When Alabine Rivers a politically active young woman with a bright career and romance ahead of her finds out the devastating news that she has terminal cancer the only thing that gives her solace is the possibility of a second life through the emerging field of cryogenics

A century later scientists have indeed discovered how to bring the dead back from preservation but humanity has been locked in a philosophical battle over the ethics of this new Godlike power a battle that has turned violent Those who are resurrected the Awoken have been declared illegal and are to be shot on sight

This is the world Alabine is brought into by the Resurrectionists an underground militia fighting for the rights of the Awoken Finding herself in a completely unfamiliar world and one where she is an outsider for the first time in her life Alabine must figure out how to survive and determine her place in this new society all while being haunted by lucid memories of her previous life and the man she loved

The Awoken is a gripping actionpacked story full of plot twists and high emotion Its a look at prejudice complicity the fears that tear us apart and the hope that can bring us together