- Genre:fiction
- Sub-genre:Science Fiction / General
- Language:English
- Series Title:The Tree of Life
- Series Number:1
- Pages:124
- eBook ISBN:9781667806693
- Paperback ISBN:9781667806686
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Overview
Able Smith is about to turn sixteen. Soon, the Tree of Life will decide his future.
In a society where every young person receives a Life Line Marking, growing up means accepting the life chosen for you. Able’s Marking leads him into the Medical Sector, where he begins to uncover secrets behind the system he has been taught to trust.
As Able searches for answers, he discovers that understanding his place in the world may cost him more than he ever imagined.
The Tree has a plan for Able. He’s about to learn what it means.
Description
What you wear. How much you eat. The work you do. Under the Tree of Life, those decisions have already been made for you.
Able Smith is about to turn sixteen, and his Life Line Marking is approaching. Soon, The Tree will assign him his place in society—and the future he will be expected to accept.
But Able has seen what serving The Tree can do to a person. His father was forever changed by it, and with every day that brings Able closer to his birthday, he wonders what will be left of his own choices.
When his Marking leads him into the Medical Sector, Able encounters more than the responsibilities of his assigned role. Behind the familiar rules and promises of security are secrets that challenge his understanding of The Tree, his family, and himself.
Finding answers could help Able understand the life chosen for him. But that knowledge comes at a cost, and he may have little control over who pays it.
The Tree of Life: Book 1 begins a dystopian science fiction trilogy about control, identity, and the price of questioning the world you know.
