Peter Gulgowski

The Voting Game Peter Gulgowski

In the year 2084, Every Interaction Counts.

Darrius Young's sixteenth birthday brings a harsh reality: It's time to join the Voting Game. Playing is mandatory, and each day may be his last.

In this bleak future's society, citizens rate their interactions with one another. Highest scorers are members of an elite upper-class. An average score means you can keep playing.

Fall below average? You are taken and killed by the government entity known only as The Bureau.

Darrius has prepared his whole life for this challenge, knowing the reality he will soon face - especially after the death of his mother to the game.

But despite preparation, he's losing - and not just the Game. Suddenly the people he loves are getting brutally downvoted and taken by the Bureau. It's soon clear there's a target on his back, drawn there by the Bureau itself, and Darrius has no idea why.

In a frantic race against time in a society that's already sentenced him to death, can Darrius save himself and those around him before it's too late?