Malley, Gemma

In a future England where young people, or "Surpluses," are heavily regulated and everyone takes a drug called Longevity, a member of the Underground infiltrates the Pincent Pharma manufacturing plant, and uncovers horrific acts being committed in an attempt to create eternal youth.

When a Pincent Pharma truck is ambushed by the Underground, revealing not the expected supply of drugs but corpses, it becomes clear that the Longevity prescription for eternal youth is failing to live up to its promises, and when the Underground is blamed for releasing a deadly virus, the truth finally comes out.

Anna, the child of parents who refused to sign the Declaration, which forbids people to have children, must chose between cheating the law or facing certain death.

The year is 2140. A battle has been won and now people can live in peace and eternal youth. But not everyone thinks this is a good idea, a resistance movement begins, and soon Peter finds himself in a struggle against an authoritarian government as well as his family.

Will Hodges wonders why "freaks" began following him after his mother drowned, but when he finally discovers what they want, he can begin to make sense of the nightmares he has always had and try to do something about the anti-immigrant hatred that his father so vehemently espouses.