![]() ![]() The story is told in Gray’s first-person narration, with occasional conveniently found documents to supplement back story that he can’t provide. ![]() The story they are told is quickly contradicted by other information they discover, leading to the pressing need to identify possible helpers who might oppose the brutal followers of Frank or the rebels (including attractive Bree) who operate outside the city. ![]() On the other side of the wall, they are both captured-or possibly befriended-by the Franconian Order, which runs the modern, water-starved city of Taem. Unexpectedly, his almost-a-girlfriend Emma follows him. Gray is frustrated by the community’s calm, resigned acceptance of the boys’ shocking fate, so after his brother Blaine’s Heist, he determines to go over the massive wall that contains the town to search for the explanation for their grim existence. Gray has reached the age of 17 in a primitive town that’s defined by what happens to boys on their 18th birthdays: They are Heisted away, never to return. Debut author Bowman takes readers on a suspenseful trek through a dystopian landscape. ![]()
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