"A generation has passed since the confluence destroyed the world. Inequality, cyberterrorism, superbugs, and overpopulation ultimately lead to the quarantine of Manhattan. A society called New America emerged, in which all people are supposedly equal but live in segregated zones based on their job type, under the powerful rule of the Bureau. When a menacing truth about the future of New America comes to light, young Drayden must endure a test called the Initiation to save the people he loves. In the abandoned subway tunnels, he and five other entrants face harrowing challenges of intelligence and bravery... and the price of failure is death."--Dust jacket.