by Anna Sheehan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782012023734
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In 2087, a kiss from the seductive Brendan awakens Rosalinda Samantha Fitzroy, known as Rose, from a stasis in which she has remained for 62 years. Unlike Sleeping Beauty, 16-year-old Rose discovers upon awakening that she is alone in the world: all her loved ones have died, possibly due to the devastating epidemics that decimated half of humanity during what is now known as the Dark Years. While waiting to come of age to lead the interplanetary empire she is heir to, Rose immerses herself in her passion for painting and returns to school, where history lessons help her understand the laws of her new environment. She strives to integrate into this environment with the help of Brendan and Otto, a human genetically modified from extraterrestrial DNA (before the laws prohibited it). However, not everyone looks favorably on the "resurrection" of this wealthy heiress, and Rose soon discovers that an android tasked with killing her is after her. The discovery of the identity of the mastermind behind her programmed assassination brings to her memory disturbing memories about the true personality of her parents and the relationship she had with them.
This anticipation novel explores the excesses of science and technology, inviting reflection on the ethics and regulations necessary to avoid abuses of power and violations of the freedom, rights, and dignity of the innocent, especially children and beings created from scientific experiments. As the story progresses, fragments of the past reveal the causes of Rose's passivity, allowing the reader to understand the manipulation and terrible submission to which she was subjected by her parents, who put her in stasis whenever she claimed autonomy or dared to refute their way of thinking. The shocking and bittersweet ending, where the truth comes to light and Rose becomes aware of her situation, is followed by an epilogue that glimpses a promising future, with a young woman determined to take control of her life and rebuild herself, aware that she will not be able to recover all the time that was stolen from her. A deep reading, although with a somewhat unfinished framework, since the author resorts too much to elements of contemporary society and youth expressions, which makes it difficult to truly immerse yourself in the world it poses.
