sentences:  Jeb wonders why Max hates the Director since she can give Max power.He tells Max that she passed the test of being incorruptible by way of power and that the Director is not really her mother; she only supervised Max's development as an embryo.Shortly after learning this, Max is summoned to a gathering by the Director; she is instructed to submit to three tests and a battle to the death against Itex's best creation, a boy named Omega.