The Pilot, who leads the Rising, flies Ky, Cassia and Xander to the mountains to help find a cure for the mutation. When a patient dies, however, Xander realizes that the virus has mutated and that the vaccine they have is no longer effective. Xander and Lei labor together day and night to inoculate patients with the cure, all of whom are expected to recover fully from the plague. Xander is a physic in a medical setting, where he meets Lei. Ky and Indie now fly the life-saving vaccine to the hardest-hit Provinces. Unlike the Society wherein only select individuals are accepted, the Rising accepts everyone, and there is no bloodshed.Īs the Rising comes into power, Cassia continues to work as a sorter. A plague has hit the major provinces, and it is the mechanism the Rising uses to overtake the Society - by curing the afflicted and thereby gaining trust. Xander is in Camas serving the Society as an Official.Ĭassia and Ky are desperate to find each other, but their assignments keep them apart.

Ky and Indie are airbus pilots, based in Camas, far away from Cassia. Cassia works undercover in Central as a sorter and trades with Archivists in her spare time in order to exchange messages between herself and Ky. Everything is in place for the Rising’s takeover of the Society, the reigning government. That's how government keeps it's control.Chapters rotate between Ky’s, Cassia’s and Xander’s point of view. They let you think you have control of your rebellion in order to let you feel rebellion. The government basically controls everything, even the parts that you think they don't control. This might not make sense if you haven't read it. That the Society is actually the Rebellion. In the story, Cassia, is trying to overthrow the Society, and then she realizes that the Society is letting the Rebellion overthrow the Society because unrest is bound to come within a society, that you can't stop it.

And the off part of all of this, is its normal.

They are told what to do, when to do it, and how to do. And now with that full force I can't help but constantly think of the society that they live in. I read the whole series (three books) before any hint of the NSA scandal came out. This book series has made me think more than any other book. If you can get past the sometimes poorly written plot you can make it through the rest, and take out what you need. If you can get past the lovey dovey bullshit you're doing fine already. I actually almost completely hated this whole series.

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