Sixteen year old Amy and her parents are about to embark on a 300 year journey. They are leaving everything and everyone behind to start over on Centurion Earth. In order to make the journey they must be put into a cryogenic sleep, everything is in place for their trip but Amy is woken from her frozen slumber 50 years to soon. She is alone amongst the 2500 inhabitants of Godspeed. I say alone because Amy is nothing like the others. They are human but they have lost their individuality. They are drones with no emotions. As the story unfolds Amy finds out that the others are also being woken from their slumber but they are not as fortunate as Amy, as soon as they are awake they are killed. Amy must figure out who and why before her parents fall victim. Godspeed is governed by Eldest who explains that the people on board Godspeed are the descendents of the original crew. But Eldest has been keeping secrets from the citizens and Amy and her new friend, Elder, must expose him before it is to late.
I usually stay clear of science fiction but I really liked this book. There are some slow spots like when Amy is first frozen she dreams of the life she left behind. Yawn, but once she is awake the action is nonstop with a little romance thrown in.
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