'I don't want to be a criminal', I say meekly. 'Do you want to live?' my friend asks lightly. 'Well, yeah'. I answer. 'Then you are a criminal'. It s the test of your life. In Zokwol, everything relies on your score on a single test. If your life depends on it, would you rather be tested on your intelligence, physical fitness, or artistic talent? Choose wisely, because failure could cost you your life. The month you turn fifteen you choose which one gives you the best chances of success, test against your peers, and wait desperately for the verdict. If you are one of the top fifty people scored in your venue, you head home to begin training for your future career. If not, you are sent overseas to work for a year. Scientific expeditions, mining, finding out about savage cultures, and more awaits you. You ll have some magnificent stories to tell if you survive. Unfortunately, your chances of survival are incredibly slim; only strong, cunning, and sometimes lucky people make it home. Cassidy, Casey, and Carmen Kroe are triplets preparing to take these tests. Having already lost an older brother and best friend overseas, they think they have good idea of what awaits them. But not all can make it and their already ripped family is torn apart even further. Each sister goes her separate way, each unknowingly becoming involved with the same rebel movement. Along with their friend Caden and others they meet along the way, they are forced to figure out where their loyalties lie and uncover a lethal secret that s been hiding in front of them their entire lives.
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