The Central Authority dictates every facet of Fredrick Xavier's mundane life - until the veil of their motives is torn away. When Fredrick witnesses a coworker's brutal public execution by a Central Authority Officer, Fredrick questions everything he is conditioned to believe. He escapes his neighborhood through a hidden tunnel system, uncovering government practices that shatter his reality. His life is a lie, his neighbors are just tools of the state, and there is nothing left to tie him to his past in search of true freedom. But his pursuit of freedom unearths chilling secrets about the Central Authority's true power - secrets that could bring society to its knees.
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