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the coming years. Then we shall teach the world that they can have no Monsters too; that we can live in a world of peace without rebels or terrorists.” Again, the crowd applauds. “Imagine a society without Monsters!” Prophet Xitler’s voice tunes into a higher pitch.
    “Yeah!” The crowd is in tune with him.
    “Many years from now, the Burning Man nation will be…” Prophet Xitler takes his time to finish the sentence as if he is confident of hitting the jackpot. I see him reach for a glass of water, take a sip from it, then wipe his mouth.
    Don’t burp, please!
    “— a nation of only Eights and Nines.”
    This drives everyone crazy.
    Ariadna is jumping. Timmy is too, and I start jumping with a fake smile on my face. Sadly, the Utopian idea itself will drive the nation to hate Monsters more, and give them better excuses and motivation to kill them.
    Again, what have I done? What will happen to my family when I become a Monster?
    Sorry, Mom. Sorry, Dad. I have to do this. I have no choice. Besides, I vaguely remember you both wanted to kill me when I was seven. I owe Woo more than I owe you.
    Faustina isn’t quite so enthusiastic about Prophet Xitler’s statement. Where, and what, will she be in a world full of Nines?
    Suddenly, our iAms beep. It’s time to step in for the ranking.
     

Chapter 3 Grand School

    We step into a long hallway in Grand School. The sun is shining through a skylight above and the full-length windows on the right. A cafeteria is visible at the end of the hall. Black metal doors, leading to the interviewing rooms, are on the left. Ten doors.
    Twenty-four thousand sixteen-year-olds will be ranked today.
    A small flying object that looks like a single human eye with a trailing optic nerve floats in the air above us. Those are the latest surveillance cameras, invented by the Summit. They are actual human eyes of dead Monsters from previous games, regenerated and turned into biotech cameras. Monster organs are used in scientific experimentation – if the organ still functions after their death. Each surveillance eye is called an iSee.
    I am not disturbed by the iSees. Sometimes I see them in the grocery store or the parks in Eve. We treat them like flies — you can wave them away, and the iSees will leave but they’ll usually come back later.
    Other than broadcasting and spying, the iSees do check barcodes and fingerprints, and can identify your iAm. They can do a biometric identity check on your eyes if necessary, which is taking a picture of your retinas to confirm your identity.
    Ariadna jumps and screams when we see ourselves on the iScreen. They call us the city of Eve candidates. We cheer louder and louder for our school.
    Another teacher comes out of one of the rooms and explains that we will be ranked ten students at a time. The ranking is done in a weird way. Each student opens one of the ten doors and enters a cylindrical room where he connects his iAm to a plug in the wall. Within seconds, you are notified of you rank. If you get ranked, the door opens again, allowing you to go back out and brag to your friends about your rank while another student enters after you.
    If the iAm ranks you as a Monster, the door behind you doesn’t open and the cylindrical room acts as an elevator sending you down to the Playa to die.
    The teacher calls the first ten names. Faustina and Eva are on the list.
    Eva nods at me before she grabs for the door handle . She looks happy, having had fun at the ceremony. I nod back, trying hard not to utter a word. This is my last chance to expose myself. Once she enters, I am as good as dead.
    I smile back at her. She thinks I am pitiful. She has no idea that her life is going to change for the better. As for me, as scared as I am, I am determined to enter the show and find Woo.
    Sam decides to go to the cafeteria. Ariadna follows him. Timmy throws me a suspicious look. Poor Timmy thinks Sam is flirting with Ariadna. Ariadna and Sam, behind Faustina’s