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Tankborn
Tankborn (Related to this series)
- Author
- Karen Sandler
- Narrator
- Julienne Irons
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 16 September 2025
- Run Time
- 9 hours 34 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Oppressed by their creators.
Fighting for their humanity.
On rugged planet Loka, life for best friends Kayla and Mishalla is arduous at best. They are GENs, genetically engineered non-humans, and in their strict caste system, GENs are at the bottom rung of society. GENs are gestated in a tank and sent to work as slaves as soon as they reach age fifteen.
When Kayla is assigned to care for Zul Manel, the patriarch of a trueborn family, she finds secrets and surprises—not least of which is her budding friendship with Zul's handsome great-grandson. Meanwhile, the children that Mishalla is assigned to care for are being stolen in the middle of the night, and a strange lowborn boy is hanging around nearby.
After weeks of toiling in their assignments, mystifying circumstances enable Kayla and Mishalla to reunite. Together with the boys, they hatch a plan to save the disappearing children. Yet can GENs really trust humans? Both girls must put their lives and hearts at risk to crack open a sinister conspiracy, revealing secrets no one is ready to face.
The first in a trilogy, Tankborn is a dystopian sci-fi thriller that will leave listeners scrambling for the sequel!
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Details
- Author
- Karen Sandler
- Narrator
- Julienne Irons
- Duration
- 9 hours 34 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 September 2025
- ISBN
- 9798331943585
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Speculative, dystopian and utopian fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories – Romance, love or friendship, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction
Synopsis
Enslaved by their genetics.Oppressed by their creators.Fighting for their humanity.On rugged planet Loka, life for best friends Kayla and Mishalla is arduous at best. They are GENs, genetically engineered non-humans, and in their strict caste system, GENs are at the bottom rung of society. GENs are gestated in a tank and sent to work as slaves as soon as they reach age fifteen.When Kayla is assigned to care for Zul Manel, the patriarch of a trueborn family, she finds secrets and surprises—not least of which is her budding friendship with Zul's handsome great-grandson. Meanwhile, the children that Mishalla is assigned to care for are being stolen in the middle of the night, and a strange lowborn boy is hanging around nearby.After weeks of toiling in their assignments, mystifying circumstances enable Kayla and Mishalla to reunite. Together with the boys, they hatch a plan to save the disappearing children. Yet can GENs really trust humans? Both girls must put their lives and hearts at risk to crack open a sinister conspiracy, revealing secrets no one is ready to face.The first in a trilogy, Tankborn is a dystopian sci-fi thriller that will leave listeners scrambling for the sequel!
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