Starved and sun-scorched, Demetria is barely recognizable as human when she is rescued from the ocean. Having risked everything to escape her harsh, oppressive life on High Island, she desperately hopes she is finally free.
But the world beyond the island is even more terrifying; here people are condemned for their beliefs and castaways like Demetria are accused of being enemy spies. Far from being over, it seems the struggle for freedom has only just begun...