Brighton Academy

Brighton Academy student Larken Marche is sixteen years old and only wants to play lofting. As the most junior member on the varsity team, she has a real shot at making a career out of the team sport, and in 2201, lofting is as good a career choice as any. Her best friend, Molly Kostic, is the kind of friend who both entertains and frustrates her. When Molly decides that she likes Larken’s twin brother Oliver, Larken doesn’t know whether to be happy for her or nervous about the possibility that Oliver will become just another proverbial notch in Molly’s belt. This problem is eclipsed when a strange boy, Elijah Grant, arrives at Brighton via transfer. He looks like a male copy of Larken, down to her nose and chin. Questions begin to circulate about Elijah’s origins and dangerous rumors fly that she, Oliver, and Elijah might all be clones. Before they can restate the rumors, a man is killed in downtown Portland by someone who looks exactly like Oliver, leading to Oliver’s arrest. Larken