In a small, desert town ran by Dictator Bert Bradford lives a 16 year old girl named Nike Overton. The Dictator prohibits the education of minors, any adult who educates a child is considered a horrible criminal. When Nike's parents are taken for that reason, her world is turned upside down. She herself becomes a criminal and is sent to "The Grassland". A place that seems great, but is actually infested with terrible creatures that make for the most painful death possible. Will she be able to bring the other prisoners back to the town safely?