Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

Extract: This book is a great post-apocalyptic/dystopian future novel. It is a variation on the "Brave New World" themes of cloning, societal control, and personal rebellion. In this book, the clones rule an enclave created by an extended family on the eve a nuclear war. But there are flaws with the creation of the clones, including the requiring of infusion of original DNA every few generations, and a crippling emotional need to be close to one's clone siblings. One non-clone, Mark, is born and becomes an outcast and potential savior of the human race...