Purgatory One

Description

Birthdays should be happy, memorable days, especially one’s 18th birthday. But for the citizens governed by the Ruling Assembly, the 18th birthday is a dreadful day, where the only gifts are fear and a looming uncertainty. Taken from their families by the Ta-Ta, the 18-year-old betwixts are turned into reality stars of their own hellish show, where death is just as real as life and sacrifice in the name of science is nothing more than an apocryphal promise. The promise and hope of youth is dying, and the ratings are very high, as a nation looks on and does nothing.