CENTRAL IS LOSING ITS GRIP ON THE CITIZENS OF GALE CITY. Megan Skyla, who refused to play by Central's rules and become a surrogate for her masters, has thrown the city into chaos. Corrupting those around her, she and her friends are forced into hiding - hunted by Central, the evil rulers of Gale City. Skyla's desperate attempts to keep everyone alive ends when they're kidnapped by feuding gangs. Skyla cuts a deal and then betrays both gangs. Now there is nowhere left to run. It's the desert or die. Her best friend, Crow, thinks she still wants to find a way to cure the Morbian masters of their obesity and finish what she started. But Skyla has other plans. She's sure there are settlements in the desert, there must be something out there ... and there is. Something terrible. Skyla is about to find out there's more than one way to bring about change but one truth remains ... Central must be destroyed in order to ensure her survival. There is no other way.