Sixteen year old Aine lives in the Colony, and his whole life was decided before he was born. In two years he will marry the girl next door, Brin, who was assigned as his Other at birth. Then he will be given a position in the Colony's workforce that best suits his talents. Each night he takes four pills, like everyone else in the Colony, and he knows the pills keep them safe and their world in order. Everything is fine. Perfect, in fact. Until Aine accidentally drops one of his pills. Terrified, he tries to hide the mistake, but when he dreams for the first time in his life, he discovers all he's been missing. What scares him more than not taking the pill, though, is how alive his dreams make him feel. Because it isn't Brin he dreams of but his best friend Kyer. Another boy. Suddenly Aine's world turns upside down, and he doesn't know what to think or who to trust. All he knows for sure is he's falling in love with Kyer, which is forbidden by the Colony's Code, and he will do anything to protect their budding relationship. Even if it means defying the Overseer and leaving the Colony behind.

The Colony Book 1: Rebellion

Kyer shrugged as he settled his haversack over one shoulder. “I sort of asked my parents if she’d come over or messaged them.”


I whipped around to stare at him, incredulous. “You askedthem? Kyer—”


“I just asked if they’d heard from her,” he explained. “Calm down.”


With a grim laugh, I said, “Easy for you to say. You don’t have Officers knocking down your door.”


“I probably will soon, though,” Kyer admitted, “once Brin tells them about me.”


I gripped my head with both hands and squeezed. A small spot of pain had begun to blossom behind my right eye. From not taking the pills? Or from tonight’s drama? I didn’t know, and didn’t really care. I just wanted it to go away. “Damn.”


Chapter 65