Two young boys live in a world where the Revered are the rich, prosperous ones and the Prosaic work to support them. When a Prosaic city can no longer produce enough, they become Condemned. And no one has ever survived the Condemnation.
Except Wes and Jack.
They live in secret, hiding from the cruel government and trying to stay alive. But the discovery of a third survivor sends the boys into a fury of adventure revealing a journey, a rescue, a sacrifice, a memory.
And amidst their struggle to survive and keep each other safe, they uncover a plot that is worse than anything they ever imagined. A plot that will end not only in their death, but the destruction of thousands of innocent people.