An interesting future that’s almost a hundred years away, but still feels in most ways like the world of today.
The story follows two POV characters, Iridium and Jet, from their admission the Academy. They’re Extrahumans. The investigation of how Extrahumans came to be and what they mean is a big part of the book’s exploration.
The story is mostly of the pair of them in their late teens and early 20s, as they wind up on different paths. The world building is interesting, but so are the way their characters develop. There is a lot of behind the scenes manipulation to unsnarl, and Night’s heel turn at the end is weird–though perhaps appropriately so.
It was a fun book and an interesting alternate future. I’ll read the sequel.