Det här låter som Ark av Stephen Baxter (fortsätt till < em> Flood ), publicerad 2009.
Engenerationavfartygstypsinställning:
The events of Ark overlap with those of Flood: in preparation for a flood that will completely submerge the Earth's continents by 2052, the billionaire Nathan Lammockson builds Ark Three, a gigantic ship that will sail the waters of the drowned Earth. Skeptical of the project's viability, the U.S. government recruits billionaires Edward Kenzie, Patrick Groundwater and Jerzy Glemp to fund the construction of Ark One (later renamed Project Nimrod), a generation ship capable of superluminal travel using an Alcubierre warp drive. The plan is to fly Ark One to an Earth-like exoplanet and rebuild civilisation on the new world.
Enavungdomarnablirvilseledandeochtrorinteattdebefinnersigiettverkligtrymdskepp:
During transit, it emerges that Zane has dissociative identity disorder due to abusive parenting and sexual molestation by his Academy tutor
Kelly had kidnapped the ship's only doctor, so Zane is no longer undergoing therapy and spreads rumours that the ship is actually a virtual reality simulation.
Endelavdeandrabarnenbörjartropåhonom,jagtrorattdetresulterariettförsökatt"lämna simuleringen", vilket resulterar i katastrof:
The shipborn children, having never seen Earth for themselves, believe him and start a mutiny. Hoping to reveal the ship to be a simulation, they remove a metal plate from the hull, causing an uncontrolled decompression which kills and injures many passengers.
(Citat från Wikipedia synopsis )