Published: July 17, 2011
Words: 82,725 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452475653

Short description

In two weeks, Punk Jordan turns sixteen. In two weeks, she will take the Communion Drug and live forever. In two weeks, she will join the Professional Seeder circuit, where immortal combatants battle until only one remains standing. In two weeks, she'll have everything she's ever wanted, for eternity. Just two weeks. Surviving until then, however, will be the hardest thing she's ever done.

Extended description

High above the streets, the skyscrapers in the cities of the American Union exude wealth, luxury, and for the privileged few, immortality. Those with the means to take Communion are immune to the diseases and risks that ravage those who live outside the city walls. While life is a struggle for the less affluent, their existence is subsidized by the rich. Food and medicine are cheap, transportation is free–and for those with needed skills–indentured servitude to the wealthy or to the government can buy your own expanded longevity. They are two different worlds, and those above and those below share little in common except for one thing: A love for the Professional Seeder matches, where immortal combatants fight until only one is left standing.

With two weeks left before her sixteenth birthday, Punk Jordan lives out the last days of her mortal existence by competing in underground Seeder matches where only the best martial artists excel and the rules stop the moment the match beg.. (Read more) High above the streets, the skyscrapers in the cities of the American Union exude wealth, luxury, and for the privileged few, immortality. Those with the means to take Communion are immune to the diseases and risks that ravage those who live outside the city walls. While life is a struggle for the less affluent, their existence is subsidized by the rich. Food and medicine are cheap, transportation is free–and for those with needed skills–indentured servitude to the wealthy or to the government can buy your own expanded longevity. They are two different worlds, and those above and those below share little in common except for one thing: A love for the Professional Seeder matches, where immortal combatants fight until only one is left standing.

With two weeks left before her sixteenth birthday, Punk Jordan lives out the last days of her mortal existence by competing in underground Seeder matches where only the best martial artists excel and the rules stop the moment the match begins. The daughter of William Jordan, founder of the company that makes the Communion drug, Punk’s elevation to immortality is guaranteed and a life of fame and wealth on the professional circuit awaits. But when those closest to her–including her own mentally ill mother–turn out to be part of a heretical anti-government movement, her comfortable life is shattered. To protect those she loves the most, Punk flees the only home she’s ever known and is forced to make choices that weigh family against compassion, privilege against promises and love against immortality itself.
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In two weeks, Punk Jordan turns sixteen. In two weeks, she will take the Communion Drug and live forever. In two weeks, she will join the Professional Seeder circuit, where immortal combatants battle until only one remains standing. In two weeks, she’ll have everything she’s ever wanted, for eternity. Just two weeks. Surviving until then, however, will be the hardest thing she’s ever done.

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Review by: Annetta Ribken on July 18, 2011 :
I'm having a hard time putting this down. Really enjoying the read, and I'm already bonded to Punk. It's a fascinating world, and I can't wait to find out what happens next!

Formatting came across perfect on my Kindle. No problems at all. Reads like a dream.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

Review by: Patti Larsen on July 18, 2011 :
Fantastic book so far! Fast paced, well written... really got into the MC.

Kind of a nice to have it look like a book format rather than those annoying line spaces between paragraphs. I feel like I'm reading a book rather than a manual.
(review of free book)

Review by: Ray Daley on July 18, 2011 : (no rating)
before publishing this you might want to learn how to add linespaces between paragraphs.

in its current state its an unreadable clusterfuck of an ebook.

and thats being polite.

fix it.
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