A Breeze in the Forest

Getting ruthlessly beaten up and attacked for two months isn's always the best way to find what type of future someone will lead. But according to Central Province, that's just the way to do it. Seventeen-year-old Aspen Clarke has been dreaming of returning to West Province since the death of her father, but her dreaming is interrupted when the time comes for Placement Testing at Calah Advancement Station. Here, Aspen must fight and compete for a top-placing spot where she will be able to better provide for her mother and young brother. Nothing could get in between her and her family, except those mysterious eyes that seem to be always watching, judging her every move. Is failure certain? Or might Aspen make it out and pass through the government's trials deeming her useful? When it comes to life and death, nothing is just a breeze in the forest.