Exogenesis Gaskovski Peco

Out of the collapse of Old America rises Lantua, a glittering thousand-mile metropolis where drones patrol the sky and AI algorithms reward social behavior. Birthing and genetic quality are controlled through mass embryonic selection, with fetuses grown outside the body in artificial wombs--a technology known as exogenesis.But rebellion is brewing.Lantua struggles to control the Benedites, a rural religious people who refuse to obey one-child regulations. The most compliant citizens enjoy the greatest privileges, the poorest struggle to rise up the echelon system, and criminals are subjected to brain modification.

After escaping an ambush by insurgents, Maelin returns to the city to Each February, Field Commander Maelin Kivela oversees the forced sterilization of Benedite teenagers, a duty she carries out with unflinching zeal--but this year comes with a shock.