The best, that never came.īut Hwa is unique in another way. The only reason she wasn’t abandoned as a baby is that her mother, Sunny, missed the 12-week cut-off and was forced to keep her an effort to place her up for adoption was thwarted because Sunny was told no one would want a baby like Hwa, not when they could buy a better baby elsewhere, “one that came pre-edited and perfect.” Besides, Sunny already had a beloved son, so she might as well keep Hwa and hope for the best.
She was born with Sturge-Weber syndrome, with its associated potential for blindness and epileptic type seizures, and a huge, ugly “stain” that pours down one side of her face and neck. She’s tiny, but tough, a master of tae kwon do and other mad skills, not the least of which is an eye for spotting trouble before it erupts, and a swagger that is backed up by survival skills borne of a rough and impoverished childhood.
Hwa is half-Korean and lives in a possible near future, in New Arcadia, a city-sized oil rig off the coast of the Canadian Maritimes. Company Town Madeline Ashby Tor Books Release Date: ISBN 978-0-7653-8290-0
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