[Lens 01] • The Designate

Every storm destroys more of what 17-year-old Riley Taylor has left. If she waits another year, she might never have the courage to join the United States Service, her only escape from poverty and her mother’s drunken rages.

But in 2095, only 20% of the recruits will survive the military’s three-year-term and collect the handsome stipend waiting for them at the end.

She's willing to take the chance, but once she gets in, she finds that all the normal rules of society don’t apply. 



Cheating. Betrayal. Murder. All of these things are her new normal.

Her survival is now her only goal in a world where only one in five can live.