Savannah Miles and Scott Lachance are the perfect college couple. They're smart. They're beautiful. They have common interests. At twenty-one, both in their third year at Bridgemont University, they've nearly reached the end of the age of transition. And they've drawn the attention of Veronica Cruz and Malcolm Wiley, the two senior Skulls in a secret university society known only as The Select.
They have been chosen, invited to the Origins Fete, where their names will be entered into a lottery no one wants to win, where Veronica has plans for them—just as Malcolm has plans for her—and the world outside stands ready to punish any who dare to defy the Behavior Reformation Laws designed to keep young transitional adults safe from their own darkest desires.