
In a powerful, thought-provoking, and by turns humorous novel, Agell uncovers the painful consequences of war and uncertain governments in an imagined--yet disturbingly realistic--world.

In fifteen-year-old Adrian Havoc's world, Homestate rules every aspect of society: identity cards need to be carried at all times, evolution is a forbidden topic of discussion, and religious education is enforced in daily "rapture" doses. If life weren't hard enough, now come...