what would you do to survive if your very existence were illegalrowan is a second child in a world where population control measures make her an outlaw marked for death she can never go to school make friends or get the eye implants that will mark her as a true member of eden her kaleidoscope eyes will give her away to the ruthless center governmentoutside of eden earth is poisoned and dead all animals and most plants have been destroyed by a manmade catastrophe long ago the brilliant scientist aaron albaz saved a pocket of civilization by designing the ecopanopticon a massive computer program that hijacked all global technology and put it to use preserving the last vestiges of mankind humans will wait for thousands of years in eden until the ecopan heals the worldas an illegal second child rowan has been hidden away in her familys compound for sixteen years now restless and desperate to see the world she recklessly escapes for what she swears will be only one night of adventure though she finds an exotic world and even a friend the night leads to tragedy soon rowan becomes a renegade on the run