In one of the huge hive cities on Earth in the twenty-sixth century, the last day of the Holiday has arrived. More than a million eighteen-year-olds are about to go through the screening lottery—including Amber. The lottery will evaluate her abilities, determine the level of the hive at which she will end up, her profession and her entire future life. Amber’s dream is to be at least level ten, her biggest fear is to become a sewer technician at level ninety-nine. When does it turn out that she is alone One of the rare and valuable telepaths, Amber has to adapt to a new way of life and learn to protect people in a crowded hive. Her job is to track down criminals before they commit a crime, but Amber doesn't know that she, too, is being hunted...