On the eve of adulthood, every teenager in a tightly controlled society is suddenly snatched into a brutal, otherworldly landscape where ruthless, ancient creatures hunt for sport; the novel follows a small group of young people as they struggle to survive the nightmarish rules of that realm, confront the moral compromises made by their elders at home, and learn what courage, loyalty and sacrifice really cost when all the certainties of childhood are ripped away.

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