A generation has passed since the confluence destroyed the world. Inequality, cyberterrorism, superbugs, and overpopulation ultimately lead to the quarantine of Manhattan. A society called New America emerged, in which all people are supposedly equal but live in segregated zones based on their job type, under the powerful rule of the Bureau. When a menacing truth about the future of New America comes to light, young Drayden must endure a test called...

"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters...