700 years After the Cycle of Extinctions, life offers little hope for Earth’s last species…
Daoren and Heqet stand an even chance of celebrating their 20th birthdays. In Daqin Guojin, every 19-year-old prospect for denizenship must sit the Survival Aptitude Test. Only the smartest pass. The rest are harvested for grooll, the city-state’s sole food source and barter currency.
If Daoren’s intellect can outpace his anxiety, he might earn the first perfect score in history and be named ruler. Heqet knows Daoren can’t do it without her – even if he’d be the last person to ask for help. But when tragedy strikes all-too-close to home, the pair make a horrifying discovery that binds their fate and crushes all hope.
A murky cabal has been manipulating S.A.T. scores for the dull-witted children of the ruling caste, amassing a fortune in grooll and triggering a severe food shortage. Worse, they plan to protect their wealth by ensuring Daoren’s test ends with his culling, not his coronation.
Survival Aptitude Test: Sound is the first book in Mike Sheriff’s post-apocalyptic sci-fi series, The Extinction Odyssey. Fans of dystopian tales like Soylent Green and Logan’s Run will enjoy this modern twist on humanity’s last gasp.
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