<p>In the year 2042 in the middle of a brutal foreign invasion Kress and her friends are all that&rsquo;s left of their isolated mountain town. When Kress and the other seventeen-year-olds are taken away by the Recruiters to aid in the fight against the dreaded Eastern Order they find themselves in a military training camp that&rsquo;s turning more mysterious and deadlier by the day. Preparing to enter a world at war Kress and her fellow Recruits are about to get answers to questions they&rsquo;ll wish they never asked.</p>