Lucian "Lucky" Spark has survived the bloodthirsty Trials, the barbaric ritual where he was forced to compete against his fellow military recruits and choose between the lives of his loved ones. But the horrors of The Culling were only the beginning. Now a part of the ruthless Imposer task force which serves the government he so utterly despises, Lucky plots from within to sabotage his oppressors, the loathsome Establishment, and exact cold-blooded vengeance on those that robbed him of his love, Digory Tycho, and still hold his younger brother, Cole, hostage. When Lucky becomes a part of a plot to destroy the one person in the world he hates more than anyone else, his world spirals out of control as he is caught dead center in the war between the Establishment and the rebellion, a brutal conflict which blurs the lines between friend and foe. Now Lucky must face the deadly secrets of the Sowing, a mystery rooted in the ashes of the apocalyptic past, with its deadly seeds still threatening the present... and the future. And this time, there are no choices.