Four tests. Seven days. Nine teens.
Only the chosen shall breed.
Humans now live in a super greenhouse. Seas have risen. Oceans have acidified. And the fight for resources is deadly. To ensure nothing of this magnitude ever happens again, only those with enough intelligence and heart will earn the right to bear children and heal the earth.
Nine teens must face the tests of the Proving to decide who will be Bound to this new order. Four of them will challenge the system in ways even they can’t imagine.
Nova. The gentle soul who has everything to lose.
Kian. The champion of this new world who’s determined to succeed.
Dex. The one who’ll learn nothing is as it seems.
Wren. The rebel who wants nothing to do with any of it.
As the fight to breed becomes a fight to survive, rules are broken, and hearts are captured. This Proving won’t just decide the future of this new order, it will decide the future of humankind.
Jan’s Review
After reading the prequel Burning, which is just enough to wet your appetite for this series, i was dying to get my hands on the first book in this thrill hunger games type dystopian series.
This book centers around children of main characters who are getting ready to take their tests to decided if they will be joining the ranks of bound or unbound. Bound are the ones deemed to mange everything in Askala. While the unbound are sterilized and basically do nothing to improve Askala.
Before the characters take the test a new character is introduced to the mix. Wren is a remnant tossing about in the ocean and if she can make it to shore then she can take part in the proving and become either an bound or unbound.
This book is about the next generation those who are going to take over for their parents. Those who have want their wholes to be bound and to spend the lives with those they feel they are destined to be with. Adding a remnant into the mix really throws the whole story on its head.
Will she be allowed to really take those tests? What if she passes and becomes bound? Not to mention what if she really cares about these people? Will she turn her back on them if someone from her life before makes it across the ocean? This story is a real nail biter and i can not wait to see what happens in the next book.
