The 12 Mile Course

In a dystopian society where a deadly test called the 12-mile course is used to control population growth, teenagers aged 12 to 16 are randomly chosen to compete in a series of dangerous challenges, with only 36 percent surviving each round. Chris, approaching his sixteenth birthday, has been selected to face this perilous ordeal, risking everything to prove his strength and secure his place in society. As he prepares for the deadly competition, questions about survival and morality surface, challenging his perceptions of worth and society’s ruthless measures.