This story is about a country where there is no such thing as freedom, where even the colors one is allowed to wear is tightly governed. Add in the fact that when one turns sixteen, they must submit to government testing. What are they looking for? It's simple, really.

 

 

Once one is found with the Breaking, their life as they knew it is over. Their family strikes their names from the records, they lose all human rights, and they are released into the state's care. They go through tests and torture, all to see what they can do. And once they are fully studied, they are either used for the betterment of the City or they are left in their cells to die, too weak and broken to carry on. 

 

But now, those known as the Broken will begin to challenge the system, to use their abilities to crack the system. One day they may even cause the Breaking everyone fear, but for today, they've had enough.

 

It is time for the Broken to rise.