In Margo's world, if you don't pass your Sorting at 18 you are recycled. Literally.

Margaret Verrall dreams of marrying the boy she loves and spending her life with him. But she's part of the underground network of Believers – and with the persecution that carries the death penalty.

And there's just one other problem.

She's going to fail her Sorting.

But a chance to take on the system ups the stakes beyond mere survival.

Now she has to break out of the Facility - or face the worst martyrdom of all.

Conscious Dismantlement.

This is the U.S. edition.

Praise for: "Great style – very good characters and pace. Definitely a book worth reading, like The Hunger Games."

EOIN COLFER , author of Artemis Fowl

"An intelligent, well-written and enjoyable debut from a young writer with a bright future."

STEWART ROSS, author of The Soterion Mission

"This book invaded my dreams."

Sr. Mary Catherine Bloom O.P.