The Rites

Years after the conquest of Earth by an Alien race, humans must perform The Rites. No weapons, no help, not even wearing clothes, contestants must fight in hand to hand combat... to the death. To earn your place in this new world, you must prove your strength, and thus earn your keep in a smaller, less wasteful society, overseen by the Alien invanders, the Halarians. Twelve year old Aubin has trained for years for his first Rites, but things may not be as they appear...