No Sons Left to Die!

A teenage factory worker risks severe punishment to infiltrate a spaceport training center to find a young man who left years earlier to fight in a galactic war. The narrative portrays a rationed, tightly controlled society where girls face strict restrictions, boys are urgently recruited into a possibly telepathic fighting cadre, and a Council enforces discipline. Through the protagonist's covert search and interactions with instructors and recruits, the story explores the personal costs of mass mobilization, enforced emotional distance, secrecy surrounding military preparations, and the state’s readiness to sacrifice individuals for a planned counterstrike against an enemy.