In a world where someone must die for another to be born, population control is absolute—and enforced by the ruthless organization, Pop Con.
Slip, an orphan who defied the system, should not exist. In a society where unauthorized children are terminated, Slip has survived by exploiting the system’s loopholes. But her existence threatens the nation’s carefully balanced resources and paints a target on her back.
As Pop Con hunts her, Slip’s presence reveals cracks in a system designed to sustain humanity at any cost. Secrets surface, and the family protecting her must make impossible choices, torn between saving her life and protecting their own.
How far will a family go to protect one life when the entire nation demands its sacrifice?
