Guided by the matrix, a set of rules and responses all clones must follow or perish.
Emotionless as droids, highly specialized translator clones mediate negotiations galaxy-wide. Failure to close the deal means a certainand immediatetermination. Whisked from assignment to assignment, few survive more than a few years.
When clone T564 cannot break the impasse between two parties who refuse to compromise, her owners give her twenty-four hours to find a solution or die.
In a galaxy where clones are nothing more than slaves . . . What happens when a clone defies her owners and goes off script?
The first book in an exciting new sci-fi series, A Desperate Gamble introduces an unlikely hero: a clone who dares the unthinkable.