The year is 2052.

Daemon Solutions, a transnational black-ops provider, has developed a program to abet the new world order—one where governments and corporations circumvent democratic laws and watchdog agencies for political, economic and social gain. In Labworld, Daemon’s team of scientists and tutors employ a combination of physical modification, psychological reprogramming, martial training and skill-building to transform their abducted pupils into spies, thieves, hackers, assassins and terrorists.

A story with intimations of today’s headlines—where children are forcibly conscripted to commit atrocities on behalf of shadow armies—ODE TO OMEGA follows warm-hearted, sensitive Asa through the ranks of LabWorld. Fit with an Insert—a device that enables the remote monitoring and manipulation of the bearer’s thoughts, feelings, chemistry and behavior—and subjected to a constant barrage of counseling, drug therapy, media messaging, peer pressure, competition, isolation, surveillance, and physical and psychological abuse, Asa endures twelve years of shaping with the aim of graduating as a perfect subversive instrument.

But Asa proves more exceptional than Daemon’s leadership could have imagined. And the subversion goes far beyond their control. Asa’s indomitable will and unquenchable desire to be reunited with the family he was stolen from, fuels his epic struggle against the forces of the new corporatist-political order. Striving to remember who he is, what is most precious in life, and how to retain his humanity, Asa will not quit until he is free of Daemon’s diabolical machinations. Or vanquished.

With intimations of A Clockwork Orange, ODE TO OMEGA paints a fully realized dystopia predicated on behavior modification and replete with its own terminology, morality, science, and history. Like Nineteen Eighty-Four, it raises questions of humanity’s capacity for institutionalized evil, and the counterweight possessed by individuals who yearn for freedom and fellowship. And similar to the Harry Potter series, student life revolves around compelling relationships with teachers, rampant jealousies and contestations, the desire for friendship, and mastery of a fascinating alternative curriculum.

Suited for the YA market, yet boasting literary sensibilities, its linguistic vibrancy, young protagonists, manipulative adults, radical social design, political intrigue, compelling human relationships, and philosophical rumination on authority, legitimacy and self-determination will resonate with readers of all ages.