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The book after The Declaration. Peter thinks the fighting is over. He is with the girl he loves, Anna. He has helped her find her parents. He has successfully escaped from the dreaded Grange Hall. Surely now all there is to do is to kick back and let the Resistance (a group of fighters fighting the Longevity drug) do all the work. Wrong. Peter finally discovers one of his family members. His grandfather, the boss of the biggest manufacturer of Longevity in the world. Peter is very surprised when he gets an invitation to work for the company. He accepts, thinking that this was his big chance to finally do something to help the Resistance. He is sure that he can resist being corrupted by his grandfather. He doesn't realise just how good his grandfather is at changing people's minds. Using every dirty trick in the book, his grandfather makes Peter believe that he has managed to sneak into his private office and see his things. What he sees changes everything that comes after. What he believes is a contract for stopping Surpluses from having children. Anna, after hearing this, is devastated. Convinced that there is nothing left to fight for, Peter is prepared to sign the Declaration and tries to get Anna to do it as well. What will happen? I'm not going to tell you. You want to know, read the book.

This is an amazing book, but some of it is a bit disturbing, since it talks about childbirth. Anna and Peter are pulled into a struggle that goes against everything they believe in. Are they strong enough to resist?