In a fractured Britain, the Genetic Enhancement Ministry have taken control. Parents buy designer babies and those with genetic faults are labelled Blemished and shunned from society. 

Elena Darcey is just as perfect as the other clones, but there is something different about Elena, because she’s in trouble. After helping Area 14’s most famous criminals escape, Elena has to get out before her teacher-- the formidable Margaret Murgatroyd --finds out that she is a sympathiser for the Blemished. The perfect opportunity arises as a beauty pageant promises the winner a trip to London. Will Elena cope with the cut-throat world of a beauty pageant filled with sabotage, violence and betrayal? If she makes it to London, will she find the safe haven she craves? Does she discover more than she'd expected after meeting the mysterious Jake Bloom?

The Fractured is the first part of a spin off series based on the dystopian Blemished series, which will focus on some of the secondary characters and their stories. Part one follows the life of Elena as she experiences a life changing event.

By Sarah Dalton

The Blemished series - YA dystopia

The Mary Hades series - YA horror

Keywords: teen, fiction, dystopia, science fiction, novella, the blemished, romance, action, adventure, genetics, young adult.