ESCAPE IS IMPOSSIBLE.

STARVATION IS POLICY.

HUMANITY IS A LIABILITY.

In the ruins of Chicago, four hundred thousand refugees are trapped inside a brutal prison camp.

Seventeen-year-old Alicia Langenkamp has endured while clinging to one rule—never harm or betray anyone to stay alive.  

But when her best friend Kim falls gravely ill, that belief is tested to breaking point.

As the authorities prepare to exterminate half the population, Alicia is forced into a deadly struggle that pits prisoners, gangs, and sadistic guards against one another.

With time running out and every chance to live carrying a cost, Alicia must decide how much of herself she’s willing to sacrifice to protect the people she loves—and what she may lose forever.

Because in a system designed to turn survival into a crime, refusing to comply may cost more than her life. It may cost her everything.