Known
IN A TRIAL OF CONVICTION,
THE TRUTH COULD COST EVERYTHING
Years after the World War to End All Wars, humanity is split by belief. The faithful live as Reliant. The unbelieving thrive as Enlightened. At seventeen, every citizen must enter The Knowing, a fierce rite of passage intended to reveal what they truly believe through immersion of the opposing world and a final survival trial where conviction is pushed to its breaking point.
When Enlightened-born Coryn Xavier is disguised as elite and dropped into the test, she meets Auras Lazarus, an aimless Enlightened socialite who denies loyalty to either creed. It is in the final desert arena that the teens uncover a chilling truth: The Knowing is monitored and manipulated by a technological system known as The Sentience that shapes perception itself. But if belief can be influenced… how is Coryn ever to determine what she knows?
Because in The Knowing, nothing is neutral—not even the past.