Lindsay Smith’s alternative history novel, a follow-up to Sekret, continues its breakneck plot speed after Yulia and her family flee communist Russia for the relative safety of the United States. The KGB’s stronghold over the use of Yulia’s physic powers may be lessened now, but her family comes under the suspicion of the U.S. Government and the CIA. Yulia must gain control over her physic abilities in order to save her family and herself.

Smith’s elegant, occasionally poetic, prose serves as a refreshing contrast to the unrelentingly swift plot. Although at times Yulia’s decisions may frustrate, ultimately the ending concludes satisfactorily. ( )