As Ness tries to decipher her past, her future is riddled with adventure. She is what is known as a Runner, that is an agile teen trained from birth. What is the object of training? To become a smuggler; but not of gold or or other related items. Her cargo is children. She rescues them from whatever awful situation and brings them to the Province. The children are not only saved, but the ones that have useful qualities and are willing are put into a secret operation. But just as the pieces of the operation are coming together, they start to crumble. Is Eve the one to fix it?