When Your Life Is Not Your Own Martyr---otherwise known as Jason 3:3---is one of hundreds of clones kept in a remote facility called Jason Farms. Told that he has been created to save humanity, Martyr has just one wish before he is scheduled to 'expire' in less than a month. To see the sky. Abby Goyer may have just moved to Alaska, but she has a feeling something strange is going on at the farm where her father works. But even this smart, confident girl could never have imagined what lies beneath a simple barn. Or what would happen when a mysterious boy shows up at her door, asking about the stars. As the reality of the Jason Experiment comes to light, Martyr is caught between two futures---the one for which he was produced and the one Abby believes God created him to have. Time is running out, and Martyr must decide if a life with Abby is worth leaving everything he's ever known.
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Jill Williamson is a novelist, dreamer, and believer. Growing up in Alaska led to a love of books, and in 2010 her first novel, By Darkness Hid, won the Christy Award. She loves working with teenagers and gives writing workshops at libraries, schools, camps, and churches. Jill lives in Oregon with her husband and two children. Visit Jill online at www.jillwilliamson.com.
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Jill was raised in rural Alaska. Alone with her thoughts and the moose, daydreaming was a favorite pastime. As was reading.
She always loved reading. She started out with Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Little House on the Prairie, the Hobbit, and The Chronicles of Narnia. She loves just about every genre out there, but her all time favorites were fantasy and suspense.
Jill met Brad in college and they married after graduation. Her dreams of becoming a fashion designer dragged the couple to New York City for one year. After that, Brad's dreams of directing movies dragged them to Los Angeles. They both worked really hard for people who weren't very nice.
A few years of torture passed.
Brad started volunteering with teens at their Burbank church. They had their first son, Luke, moved to a house, Jill got out of the fashion industry (woo hoo!), and Brad became an ordained minister and full time youth pastor (double woo hoo!). God is good. All the time.
Jill started writing a book. It seemed like a good idea at the time. She didn't have a clue what she was getting into. All she knew for certain was that it was really fun. With two babies at home, it was a neat way to pass the time.
Writing was something Jill never really did before then. Daydreaming and plotting, however, were familiar old friends. So now Jill writes...everywhere. At home, in the car, at church (only notes, I promises!), in line at the grocery store, at the park, while walking, in the shower... (TMI?) and she loves it. She finds creating characters and taking them on a journey an amazing experience. She never knew what it could be like until she met Spencer, Nauja, Martyr, and Achan. Writing was a whole lot of fun. Plus, she couldn't get in trouble for forgetting to add a rosette onto a K-mart costsheet and costing the company a loss of $5,000. (True story...) And she can't get yelled at when the line of evening gowns she shipped via Fed Ex doesn't reach the showroom in New York in time for Market to open. (Was it really her fault the plane got snowed in?)
No. Jill has no bitter memories of the fashion industry at all. (Can we say The Devil Wears Prada, anyone?)
But yes. Writing is something she loves. Writing is something she could do forever, if God allows it. (Please, God? Pretty please?)
May He do with Jill what He wishes.
She always loved reading. She started out with Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Little House on the Prairie, the Hobbit, and The Chronicles of Narnia. She loves just about every genre out there, but her all time favorites were fantasy and suspense.
Jill met Brad in college and they married after graduation. Her dreams of becoming a fashion designer dragged the couple to New York City for one year. After that, Brad's dreams of directing movies dragged them to Los Angeles. They both worked really hard for people who weren't very nice.
A few years of torture passed.
Brad started volunteering with teens at their Burbank church. They had their first son, Luke, moved to a house, Jill got out of the fashion industry (woo hoo!), and Brad became an ordained minister and full time youth pastor (double woo hoo!). God is good. All the time.
Jill started writing a book. It seemed like a good idea at the time. She didn't have a clue what she was getting into. All she knew for certain was that it was really fun. With two babies at home, it was a neat way to pass the time.
Writing was something Jill never really did before then. Daydreaming and plotting, however, were familiar old friends. So now Jill writes...everywhere. At home, in the car, at church (only notes, I promises!), in line at the grocery store, at the park, while walking, in the shower... (TMI?) and she loves it. She finds creating characters and taking them on a journey an amazing experience. She never knew what it could be like until she met Spencer, Nauja, Martyr, and Achan. Writing was a whole lot of fun. Plus, she couldn't get in trouble for forgetting to add a rosette onto a K-mart costsheet and costing the company a loss of $5,000. (True story...) And she can't get yelled at when the line of evening gowns she shipped via Fed Ex doesn't reach the showroom in New York in time for Market to open. (Was it really her fault the plane got snowed in?)
No. Jill has no bitter memories of the fashion industry at all. (Can we say The Devil Wears Prada, anyone?)
But yes. Writing is something she loves. Writing is something she could do forever, if God allows it. (Please, God? Pretty please?)
May He do with Jill what He wishes.
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I love this book! Even though we know from the start that Jason Farms is populated by clones, you have to ask the question: Clones of who? How this question is answered is one of the great surprises that pop up along the way.Williamson tackles controversial issues such as cloning and when life begins in a thoughtful, unique way. By contrast to the "normal" teenagers in the book, Martyr at first seems awkward and out of place. But you realize that he's just like them... trying to figure out who he is and his purpose in the world. The character of Abby is a Christian from the get-go, and her faith is treated as a natural part of who she is. So it's only natural that she would share her faith and her world view with Martyr, who has no knowledge of God. Some may find this overtly Christian, but I thought it worked quite well. This is a great book for pre-teens and older. Parents, you'll want to read this one, too. It could lead to some very interesting conversations with your kids!
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Since I read "Blood of Kings Trilogy " I've been waiting for this book. Replication was a good book because it has a good amount of suspense, so you can't put it down. Now I have to wait for the next one.
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This review is from: Replication: The Jason Experiment (Kindle Edition)
The minute I saw the words "cloning farm" I knew I had to read this book, but at the same time I wasn't sure I'd like it much, given the 'religious' tags on it. I'm glad I skipped them and read it.Martyr, or better yet, J:3:3, is a clone. He is one of the many 'Jasons' that are raised at Jason Farms. From a very early age he was made to believe his purpose in life is to expire at eighteen and sacrifice himself for those who live outside. He is unfamiliar with colors, he has never seen the sky and has only been in contact with one woman in his seventeen years, eleven months and five days. Until a new doctor arrives at the lab, wearing a distractingly bright colored tie and changes his life. Doctor Goyer has just moved to Alaska to start working at Jason Farms. He is scared by the boy who seems so enchanted by his orange tie and so curious about the simplest, most common things, such as dogs, Christmas gifts, daughters and female pronouns. When the doctor shows Martyr a colored picture of his daughter Abby, all red curly hair and green bright eyes, the poor clone almost flips out. Martyr knows he needs to be put down in a couple of weeks, but he really wants to see the blue sky. No doctor will allow him to, though. Too dangerous, they say. He could become intoxicated. But Martyr is desperate. He doesn't want to expire, and after overhearing very confusing conversations about one of the doctors being sick and needing his internal organs after his expiration, he jumps at the opportunity and steals an access card. And he ends up at Dr. Goyer's place. Or, more precisely, his daughter's room. Abby Goyer is mad at her dad for him dragging her to live in Alaska, of all places. Being the new girl at school, she's the center of attention. JD Kane, popular rich hottie and famous jock, is instantly attracted to her, but, good looks aside, she's not very charmed by his personality. Or forwardness. Specially when he shows up in her room. Or is it really him? JD was never this scared or polite, and he definitely doesn't shave his head. Martyr, or J:3:3 or Marty, as Abby calls him, is the personification of innocence and goodness. His nickname comes from always trying to help his bullied fellow Jasons, particularly the 'broken' ones (copies that didn't turn out alright, with missing/misplaced limbs or mental problems). Wait a second. Cute, smart and kind-hearted? A real martyr in every sense of the word? Needless to say, I loved him on the spot. It was so refreshing and interesting to see how he reacted to everything that was new to him (which means: pretty much everything), to being close to Abby, the first girl he had real contact with, the food, the colorful clothes, the TV, the cars... it was funny and sad. Now, about Abby. I didn't like her much. I don't know, I just didn't think much of her. LOL. No, I'm not jealous. (not much). I just found myself disagreeing with her way too often. And I don't mean just about the religious stuff, but about her actions too. Something I did like about her was her love for CSI. LOL. And her good taste in boys. ;) All in all, this was a very engaging book. You just have to know what happens next. You want the villain to finally get what he deserves already, and you want the couple to end up together, and you feel sorry for the third part of the triangle. The whole book was a way to discuss medicine trials for disease cures and animal/human/embryo testing and religious views on it. I won't babble on about my opinions on those here, because that's not what a book review is for, but I do have to say that cloning yourself dozens of times just so you can 'kill' yourself and use your own organs to save yourself... maybe not the best idea. If you do know what I mean. LOL Anyway, embryonic stem cell research doesn't sound so bad after all, now does it? :P Scientists are being able to recreate single organs for those who need them, no clones included. Okay, okay, I already promised myself I wouldn't make a speech here, so I'll control myself. But I have to say something: Not ALL science is bad, but like everything else in this world, it needs boundaries. If you like young adult science fiction with polemic religious subjects, this is your book.
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