How far would you be willing to venture into a land fraught with danger-both known and untold-to save a loved one? How far would you keep going to save humanity? Amid the simmering ashes of a global nuclear war, Canajro survived as one of the few fledgling cities, sustained only by a bio dome that keeps the air clean. Meanwhile, a plague is sweeping through the city that is putting their fragile existence at risk. When sixteen-year-old Vivian Emmer learns that her sister Ridley has contracted the plague, she refuses to believe it. After Ridley is transported to a secure quarantine facility called the Wasteland, where patients rarely recover, Vivian convinces her friend Caine to join her on a quest to save Ridley. They soon uncover a vast government conspiracy that leaves them reeling, wondering if anything they've ever been told is the truth. But if they are to survive, they must use their wits and find the courage to confront the ruling powers, led by Caine's father.