In the future, everything is different. When you turn 13 years of age, you are forced into The Placement, which takes place on Placement Day. All your life, you're watched, observed, recorded. And on Placement Day, you are Placed. You are sent to different areas, and you must do what you will to survive. Each Placement Group is tracked. Whoever lasts the longest during The Test-however long that may take-in their group, is forever left in peace and quiet with riches as they please.
The shortest recorded test in all history lasted seven years, four months, ninety-three days.