Threshold: Lacedaemon, Inc.

It is 177 years in the future. The world economy is unified through the International Trade Organization. Worldwide security is provided by the Warrior caste of Lacedaemon, Inc., which is patterned after ancient Sparta. Cillian and his twin Pridbor are born into the Warrior caste as the property of Lacedaemon. They are an experiment of the Threshold project, the Boost — an attempt to produce a more lethal warrior. However, the twins are separated at birth. Cillian becomes Bartlett Starling, a member of the Worker caste, the lowest caste in the industrial zone of The Citadel, a ruthless arm of Lacedaemon, Inc. which discards imperfect children to the Ditch to die. Unbeknownst to The Citadel, not all of the discards have died. However, if The Citadel discovers any have lived, they will be hunted. As Bartlett prepares for the Challenge, a contest which could return him to the Warrior caste, he discovers these Discards. Failure in the Challenge results in death or a return to the Industrial Zone. Will Bartlett win The Challenge and turn in the Discards or discover his humanity? Will he keep them a secret and endanger his chance to take his birthright as a Warrior?