Alex got her first pet when she was fourteen. It was a girl. In a world where those who are born with genetic defects that make them unable to fit into society are sold as human pets, a girl rediscovers the meaning of a long-forgotten term: human rights. Her long and desperate fight to give her loved one the wonderful gift of freedom begins with a single gesture.

I look up to at gray sky, the only color showing is from a red, glowing electronic message . Its grown fainter but I can still see it clearly. ‘New York news: GOVERNMENT HAS FALLEN -blink – WORLD IN RUINS- blink- PLAN 34197 IN ACTION.’