Susa is an innocent girl whose view of the world is conditioned by a society where all physical needs are met by Automatics that operate beyond human control, giving the gift of civilization… but only for a lucky few.
The ordered, regulated life of Home centred around the games that seemed like life and death events that Susa trained for her whole life. Failure to win a place meant exile, tantamount to a death sentence. Losers are exiled into a world where technology and civilization have long since failed.
Exiled in the company of a boy who seems just as innocent, Susa finds herself pursued, and soon discovers that the world outside is the least of her troubles.
