The release date for the English version of 'The Testing' by
Joelle Charbonneau is Jun 2013. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Hold your enemies near and your friends close. That's what they say, right? But if they can be the same thing, how close is too near?
A large portion of the globe is a burned wasteland due to the Seven Stages War. The future must be rebuilt by a select few of the following generation. Candidates' one shot at a college degree and a fulfilling profession is The Testing, which they must pass in order to join this exclusive club.
Cia Vale is pleased to have been selected as a Testing candidate and is ready to demonstrate her merit as a college student and potential Commonwealth leader. However, her father's admonition on the day of her departure suggests that she should not trust anyone—a darker aspect of her impending studies.
However, she can't she trust Tomas, her attractive childhood friend who proposes to form an alliance? Tomas, who seems to be becoming more concerned about her as each exhausting (and fatal) Testing day goes by.
Cia has to decide between life without trust or love without truth in order to live.