Lexicon

Rory Vaughn: a brainy sixteen-year-old who has always felt like an outsider, although she can't put her finger on a reason why. When she is accepted into an elite boarding school, she believes she's finally found a place where she belongs.

Theden Academy: the only high school of its kind, Theden is an intense two-year liberal arts program for the strong willed and highly gifted. But behind its polished exterior lurk dark secrets?including ones about Rory's own past.

North Pascal: a handsome, tattooed, coffee barista townie who knows as much about philosophy as Rory's classmates. He was banned from Theden's campus for breaking and entering. This isn't North's only secret.

Lux: the decision-making app that everyone uses. No longer caught up in the details of their everyday lives?all those endless decisions!?people are free to just enjoy themselves.

The Doubt: the colloquial name for the "whisper within" that children hear but adults are taught to ignore.

Lauren Miller is an entertainment lawyer and television writer. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two kids.