It is 2149. The Earth has been consumed by a nuclear apocalypse. The lifeboat that saved humanity, The Ark, is running out of air. Capital punishment is the head of the government, and though horrifically unmerciful towards it's citizens, the Ark doesn't have the heart to float minors. Even if they deserve to die. Ascana Zion, 17, is locked up in the highest level of solitary confinement. She knows every guard by name and has counted the days since her imprisonment. The chance of her release is relatively zero, though it would have been higher had she refrained from her second infraction. She is no stranger to death. Infact, whispers say they are friends. She has planned for their sweet reunion the moment after her 18th birthday, and assumes the Ark has too. But early on a Saturday morning her cell door is opened, and Ascana is reunited not with death but with those who see her as such. With a journal full of knowledge, a hidden blade, and a stubborn heart, Ascana will face more trials than she had ever expected. Challenging everything she thought she knew, her new reality forces her to rethink the question she had previously always answered with violence.