Shadows of Secrets and Lies

Shadows of Secrets and Lies (YA Dystopian Thriller)In the year 2175, the world will end, maybe, but not for everyone...Eighteen-year-old Mandalyn Johnson's mother tried to kill her. She knows because her father told her. The one thing she knows about her father - he's a master manipulator.On the cusp of adulthood, Mandalyn is ready to shed all thoughts of her mentally unstable mother and take her rightful place among the greatest minds her society possesses.Mandalyn manipulates her aerial pod, ChaWanda, into interacting like a feisty older sister rather than the computerized aerial device it should be, but she can't figure out how she's able to identify someone's character by a random number thrust into her head. When she learns the character level of her rival for top-in-class - someone she's known most of her life - crests at ten, she knows she must confront him. She's never met anyone over a four. Tens are the most dangerous, immoral level imaginable. When he confesses that her char