America has fallen. The Western Allied States rose from its ashes—and it does not forgive.
Eighteen-year-old Chris never thought of himself as a traitor. He doesn't get the chance to argue otherwise. Taken in the night, he wakes in a facility buried deep in the Californian mountains—and he isn't alone.
Elizabeth Flores has been running her whole life, ever since the night soldiers took her parents. With a brutal winter closing in, she risks everything to reach Sacramento. The hunters find her first.
Now they're both "volunteers" in the Praegressus Project—a government initiative to enhance the human race. Stripped of their rights, Chris and Elizabeth must work together to survive the torturous experiments. Every day is a test, and every mistake has a cost. The regime doesn't waste resources on failures.
But only the lucky ones get to die.
Blending the insane experiments of Stranger Things and the merciless dystopia of the Hunger Games, fans will love this thrilling Sci-Fi series. Discover a future where the powerful rule without mercy and survival is never guaranteed. Packed with genetic engineering, apocalyptic dystopia, and a thread of romance woven through every page, this is the series you didn't know you were waiting for.
