Elysia is created in a laboratory, born as a sixteen year old girl, an empty vessel with no life experience to draw from She is a Beta, an experimental model of a teenage clone She was replicated from another teenage girl, who had to die in order for Elysia to exist Elysia s purpose is to serve the inhabitants of Demesne, an island paradise for the wealthiest people oElysia is created in a laboratory, born as a sixteen year old girl, an empty vessel with no life experience to draw from She is a Beta, an experimental model of a teenage clone She was replicated from another teenage girl, who had to die in order for Elysia to exist Elysia s purpose is to serve the inhabitants of Demesne, an island paradise for the wealthiest people on earth Everything about Demesne is bioengineered for perfection Even the air induces a strange, euphoric high, which only the island s workers soulless clones like Elysia are immune to At first, Elysia s life is idyllic and pampered But she soon sees that Demesne s human residents, who should want for nothing, yearn But for what, exactly She also comes to realize that beneath the island s flawless exterior, there is an under current of discontent among Demesne s worker clones She knows she is soulless and cannot feel and should not care so why are overpowering sensations cloud ing Elysia s mind If anyone discovers that Elysia isn t the unfeeling clone she must pretend to be, she will suffer a fate too terrible to imagine When her one chance at happi ness is ripped away with breathtaking cruelty, emotions she s always had but never understood are unleashed As rage, terror, and desire threaten to overwhelm her, Elysia must find the will to survive The first in a dazzlingly original science fiction series from best selling author Rachel Cohn, Beta is a haunting, unforgettable story of courage and love in a cor rupted world.