Theend One Nation, Divided

Theend has never been wrong.For four hundred years, it has given humanity something it could never achieve on its own: certainty.Every citizen is assigned a lifespan, a purpose, and a place in society before life truly begins. Its predictions have become the foundation of civilization. Few have ever imagined another way.Griat Maelor never imagined his future would change everything.Granted one of the rarest futures Theend has ever bestowed, he is chosen to stand among the people shaping the world itself. It is the opportunity of a lifetime—until he encounters something Theend was never meant to find.Far beyond its reach, another civilization has survived in secret.Dia has spent her entire life hidden beneath the earth, raised to believe the surface is ruled by a government that doesn't merely govern its people—it defines who they are. If she's discovered, everything her people have protected for generations could disappear.When Griat and Dia are forced together, neither finds the enemy they expected.As certainty gives way to doubt, they begin questioning truths both civilizations have accepted for centuries. The future they were taught to trust may not be as certain as either of them believed.Because the greatest threat to humanity may not be the people on the other side—but the certainty that only one side can be right.Some futures are assigned.Others are earned.