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The Ascension Project

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Every year, ninety citizens are chosen for the Ascension Trials-deadly tests promised to create a "better humanity." The winners ascend.
The losers vanish.

When ex-medic Rhea Ward is selected by accident, she discovers the truth: the Trials aren't a competition... they're a harvest.

Now she must survive a rigged system, expose the lies behind paradise, and decide how far she'll go to burn the whole project down.All Rights Reserved

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