Gale City is the last city in the world and under the strict control of the illusive Centrals. When females reach adulthood, they're given the chance to compete at Showcase for the honour of becoming surrogates for the Morbihan - a highly intelligent, obese race of people, unable to procreate naturally. All the other girls are excited to become hosts, all except Megan Skyla. Convinced there's more to life, Skyla teams up with an unlikely friend and they go in search of a cure for the Morbihan condition. Things don't go to plan and their journey becomes a harrowing quest fraught with danger and deceit. How can Skyla discover the truth when everything she's been told is a lie? Can anyone in Gale City ever really be free? Skyla is about to discover that freedom has a price and she's going to have to fight to survive.