Living in a post-apocalyptic State that has supposedly eliminated emotions, Thalli is slated for anihilation by the Scientists when her carefully-kept secret that she is an anomaly becomes known, but when she becomes their test subject, instead, she learns that she may actually be part of a Creator's greater design.

"Unsure of everything around her, including her own identity, Thalli, who can experience emotions, doesn't know where to turn. She knows she needs the Designer, but he seems further away than ever. What she does know, though, is that if she doesn't do something to stop Dr. Loudin, the fragile world aboveground will be lost once and for all"--