A Grey Sun - The Denounced, #1

A convicted Denounced.  Sentenced to Death. In a future divided into Secular and Non-Secular Quadrants, a crime punishable by death is to cross Quadrants and become a Denounced.  When sixteen-year-old Ned is wrongly convicted and kidnapped to a secret location, he meets ninety Denounced, and a terrifying truth begins to unfold-one that will change the world forever. Forced to lead a Pod of five, Ned begins to realise thousands of lives could depend upon him.  A survivor by nature, he now has to face his past, confront his destiny, and fight a System that has never lost.