Golden Dreg Boy, Prequels, Golden Dreg World

The rich and the poor are divided and sickness rules the world.Kade Shaw and his best friend Marcus are two very rich, very bored Golden teenage boys looking to break away from their predetermined lives, if only for a little while. Building a skate park seems the perfect way to have a place of their own, somewhere they can have fun and break some rules.Saya Leighton belongs to a group of Dreg rebels who fight to stay off the radar. She and her family are Dreg nomads, choosing to live separate from the government rule, which means they're always on the run—moving from place to place. Her life is full of missions and scavenges and she's one of the fiercest fighters and trusted people in her group.When Kade and Marcus's fellow students begin to fall sick and school is forced to close, Kade begins to question what he knows as normal. After their Dreg contact makes a strange request in exchange for the fiberglass they need for the park, Kade's unsure if a chance at freedom is worth the risks they are taking. He knows the risks shouldn't excite him and he should be thrilled being a Golden—but something is missing. Will Kade ever be satisfied with his life? And how can he take his rightful place as an elite Golden when all he wants to do is break free? As injuries and bad luck plague Saya's team, the leaders announce they need more able-bodied members and each rebel must recruit more people. Saya's group is assigned a new recruit who she's not sure is cut out for their dangerous life, and she worries their missions will suffer. But when Saya is assigned a completely new mark to survey, she is intrigued until she realizes she's in over her head.