In the series debut, THE TESTING, Cia was chosen by the government as one of the best and brightest graduates of the colonies. She showed promise as a leader. In INDEPENDENT STUDY, Cia is a freshman at the University with her hometown sweetheart, Tomas, and though the government has tried to erase her memories of the brutalk horrors of The Testing, Cia remembers. Her attempts to expose the ugly truth behind the government's murderous programs put her and her loved ones in a world of danger. But the future of the Commonwealth depends on her.
