The Sovereignty

The year is 2633.

Ever since the 138th element of the periodic table, Kosmodium, was found in 2467, the Sovereignty has taken over the Martian and Terran governments. No one knows why, but everyone knows about the Sovereignty's Academies, special schools placed in each major city for those who had Kosmodium radiation, training them in ways that were secret to all others.

But that was before. 5 years ago, the Sovereignty proclaimed to the populations news of a growing threat. A monstrous force, known only to the Sovereignty and the Academy residents, has become too strong to put down. Desperate, the Academies have begun to accept all people, even those who are ordinary in every way. There is no other option for the Sovereignty. It is draft, or crumble.

Archimedes Dence, 16, is among those who are drafted. But, like everyone else, must be taken to a testing building to assess his Kosmodium radiation.

Nobody was expecting it.