Return to Planet Earth

It's been two centuries since humanity abandoned their dying planet. They've found a new home on the planet of Belator- far past the Solar System and tucked in the depths of space. To survive, the government has constructed a new system. Ever since birth, children are trained in combat and piloting, preparing to face any dangers that present themselves from the darkness of the universe. At the age of fifteen, each child {male and female} are to complete a trial. Those who pass go on to become successful commanders and soldiers. Those who fail are passed over by society, sent to work at the jobs unwanted by the rest of society. Piper McLean has always passed beneath the radar, gliding through her education without excelling, but not failing either. But now, with her future on the line and her best friends pitted against her, how will Piper know how to continue? Will she pass? Will she fail? And what is the immense secret her closest friends and her parents are concealing from her? It almost feels as though her life is in danger...