Paradise is a prison.
After a lifetime spent imagining the safety inside the domes, the terrible truth has become impossible for Lanni to deny. The kep are willing to sacrifice their own to achieve the future the Incorporation demands. And Lanni's turn for torment is coming. With time running out, Lanni's only hope of escaping the domes' cruelty is to make a bargain that could start a war. Lost in a web of lies and blood, Lanni must choose what she's willing to risk before her last hope for freedom disappears.