Life inside Campestria is all Simon has known for his sixteen years, farming and providing sustenance for the rest of the Exsta space colony, a Stanford Torus-shaped spaceship that's been lost in space for two centuries.
All that changes when Simon and his friends ascends to heights forbidden to those of his social standing, and he finds himself condemned for a murder he didn't commit.
Simon's punishment sees him thrown into a life-threatening tournament known as the Ascent. His teammates are condemned criminals like him, taken from districts across the colony. They are the Fallen, and they have no hope of survival.
No one expects the Fallen to live beyond the first match, let alone make it far enough to be granted pardon and Ascent to the Higher Order, the goal of the competition.
But there are those among the colony who are waiting for the moment to overthrow their rulers. In Simon, they see a potential linchpin, someone who could spark a revolution.
For Simon, revolution matters less than survival. Yet the two might be closer linked than he realizes...
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
All that changes when Simon and his friends ascends to heights forbidden to those of his social standing, and he finds himself condemned for a murder he didn't commit.
Simon's punishment sees him thrown into a life-threatening tournament known as the Ascent. His teammates are condemned criminals like him, taken from districts across the colony. They are the Fallen, and they have no hope of survival.
No one expects the Fallen to live beyond the first match, let alone make it far enough to be granted pardon and Ascent to the Higher Order, the goal of the competition.
But there are those among the colony who are waiting for the moment to overthrow their rulers. In Simon, they see a potential linchpin, someone who could spark a revolution.
For Simon, revolution matters less than survival. Yet the two might be closer linked than he realizes...
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
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