The Great Journey (The Deadline Saga Book 1)

Deadlines burn bright. The Arbiter heralds judgment. Countdowns signal death. Pierce the Veil. Everyone lives beneath a burning deadline. A clock of fire hangs over every head, counting toward the years, the days, and, for some, the final hours before they turn to ash. Juno Laval has spent his life at Helion Orphanage trying not to look too closely at the number above his own head. He tries not to look at the Veil either, a wall of living fog wrapped around the feet of the Arbiter. The towerin