![]() ![]() ![]() He’s in remission from the osteosarcoma that took one of his legs. Perhaps the television incarnation will have some life. Steer teens in search of science fiction to Beth Revis, Robison Wells and Veronica Roth. The characters do little to distinguish themselves from their run-of-the-mill dystopian brethren. Lengthy flashbacks flatten the action in nearly every chapter. (Why convicts? Why not give them communication devices? Isn’t there birth control in the future?) However, it slowly devolves into a thrill-free teen romance. Will they survive? Morgan’s debut, which has already been optioned for a CW series, has a promising premise as long as readers don’t apply too many brain cells. And Clarke, the object of Wells’ affection, struggles with demons and hormones. Wells commits a crime in order to accompany his girlfriend Bellamy breaks into the dropship to go with his sister in hopes of reuniting with her boyfriend, Glass escapes the dropship to return to her privileged mother. ![]() Fearing the colony has few years left, the Chancellor decides to send 100 of these teens to Earth with monitoring bracelets to see if the planet’s surface is survivable. Criminal teens held in Confinement are given a retrial at 18, and some go free. Strict population-control laws help conserve the dwindling resources, and adults convicted of crimes are summarily executed. Three hundred years after the Cataclysm made Earth uninhabitable, the remnant of humanity lives in an aging space station. One hundred teen convicts may be the only hope of the human race. ![]()
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