In a future fascist America, a sixteen-year-old must answer one question; What will I sacrifice to save those I love?

It’s been two years since the establishment of the brutal dictatorship of The Incorporated Precincts of America. Sixteen-year-old Joey Cryer has one mission: to keep six-year-old Julia safe. And that is not easy to do with the Sons of Liberty—the IPA’s ruthless police force — watching every minute. Every day people are “disappeared”, or those who aren’t are forced to be a contestant on “Manhunt,” a required viewing television show where the accused must fight for their life against the Sons and professional hunters.

Two years earlier, before the Second Revolution ended, Joey’s biggest concern was sitting at the right cafeteria table at his high school and trying to catch the eye of Cameron Black. Actively avoiding the school bully, Harlan Grundy, was always a good idea. Unless you like your face smashed in. It was no big surprise to Joey that Harlan became a Son, loyal to The Corporation.

Having lost everything in the revolution’s aftermath, Joey takes an unfathomable risk by helping the near-dead leader of the rebellion, John Doe. Having anything to do with Doe is an instant death sentence, not only for you, but for anyone you love. As the Corporation’s forces close in, Joey knows the only way to keep Julia safe is to escape to freedom, across the northern wall, a near impossible task. To do so, he finds he has an unlikely partner in a recently betrayed Harlan. Trusting his former enemy may be the only way to ensure their future—but is it worth the risk for Joey, Julia, and his community?

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