Synopses & Reviews
A computer-hacking teen. The girl who wants to save him. And a rogue mirror reflection that might be the death of them both.
In private, 17-year-old Brandon hacks bank accounts for thousands of dollars just for the hell of it. In public, he looks like any other tattooed bad boy with a fast car and devil-may-care attitude. He should know, hes worked hard to maintain that façade. With inattentive parents who move cities every two years, hes learned not to get tangled up in friends and relationships. So hell just keep living like a machine, all gears and wires.
Then two things shatter his carefully-built image: Emma, the kind, preppy girl who insists on looking beneath the surface — and the small matter of a mirror reflection that starts moving by itself. Not only does Brandons reflection have a mind of its own, but it seems to be grooming him for something— washing the dye from his hair, yanking out his piercings, swapping his black shirts for … pastels. Changes he cant explain to his classmates, who think hes having an identity crisis, and certainly not to nosy Emma, who thinks this is his backward apology for telling her to get lost. Then Brandons reflection tells him: it thinks it can live his life better, and its preparing to trade places.
And when it pulls Brandon through the looking-glass, not only will he need all his ill-gotten hacking skills to escape, but hell have to face some hard truths about who hes become. Otherwise hell be stuck in a digital hell until hes old and gray, and Emma and his parents won't even know he's gone.
Huffington Post lists N.K. Traver's Duplicity as part of one of the great YA book trends to look for in 2015!
Review
Huffington Post lists
Duplicity as part of one of the great YA book trends to look for in 2015!
"I absolutely loved this novel! Original. Pitch perfect voice. A stunning debut. I'm jealous. N.K. Traver knocks it out of the park. A must read. I. Could. Not. Put. It down."
—Roland Smith, New York Times bestselling author of Peak and the I, Q series
"N.K. Traver's Duplicity is an intriguing, fast-paced read. It's the dark, malevolent-mirror-filled soul baby of Tron and The Matrix that I never knew I wanted. Don't miss it!"
—Kendare Blake, author of Anna Dressed in Blood
“Duplicity is an incredibly unique, fast-paced debut. Ive never read a story quite like it! With a clever writing style and satisfying hints of humor, N.K. Traver knocks this one out of the park! I cant wait to have a copy of it on my shelf. This is a great debut that will be sure to suck in both male and female readers. It kept me thinking, even after I finished the last page.”
—Lindsay Cummings, author of The Murder Complex
About the Author
As a freshman at the University of Colorado, N.K. TRAVER decided to pursue Information Technology because classmates said “no one could make a living” with an English degree. It wasnt too many years later Traver realized it didnt matter what the job paid—nothing would ever be as fulfilling as writing. Programmer by day, writer by night, it was only a matter of time before the two overlapped. Duplicity is Traver's first novel.