A Gleaming Shard of Glass

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Every six months on Regulation Day children from the honorable city of Nepenthe take a required intelligence examination.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Those who pass resume their lives as valuable students but those who fail are imprisoned no longer considered human.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When fourteen-year-old Grecia Rivera fails the examination-despite being one of the best artists of her age-her life is turned upside down. To avoid her prison sentence she must abandon everyone she loves and escape from Nepenthe.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But Grecia soon discovers that the outside world is just as brutal as the city she left behind. Now trapped within a society of runaways Grecia must risk her life for freedom once again.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Filled with shocking secrets and heart-shattering betrayals </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A Gleaming Shard of Glass</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> reveals the dark side of modern society and the true meaning of free will.</span></p>