Fourteen-year-old twin brothers Ethan and Aaron Vance share a rare, involuntary curse known as "Somatic Resonance"—whatever physical trauma or pain is inflicted on one is instantly mirrored on the body of the other. Living in New Sterling, a strict, dystopian boarding city where the weak are systematically weeded out by corrupt authorities, the twins have always tried to stay invisible. Ethan is the quiet diplomat; Aaron is the hot-headed brawler. When their homeroom teacher is pushed to the brink of a fatal drop by a ruthless student gang leader, Ethan intervenes and takes a brutal beating. Feeling his brother’s breaking bones from across the campus, Aaron unleashes an erratic, vengeful counter-attack. Caught in a web of institutional corruption and severe retaliation, the brothers must learn to weaponize their shared pain to survive a system designed to break them.
Fourteen-year-old twin brothers Ethan and Aaron Vance share a rare, involuntary curse known as "Somatic Resonance"—whatever physical trauma or pain is inflicted on one is instantly mirrored on the body of the other. Living in New Sterling, a strict, dystopian boarding city where the weak are syst...