A brilliant start to an inspired trilogy

If the author's name seems familiar, it's because he is the son of the famed Carl Sagan. His debut novel is brilliant; I read it in one sitting & then was depressed that it was over. I'm going to 'borrow' Amazon's summary of it because I feel that I couldn't describe the story right :

Set in the day after tomorrow, Idlewild opens as a young man awakes with amnesia. He cannot remember who he is and doesn't recognize anything around him - all he knows for sure is that someone is trying to kill him. Not certain whom he can trust, he becomes reacquainted with eight companions, all of whom are being trained at a strange school run by an enigmatic figure named Maestro. Working to uncover the identity of the person who has attempted to murder him, the young man quickly starts to unravel a series of truths, making it clear that much more than just his life is at stake.

9/10