An underwater city. Like Atlantis, in fact, everyone mistakes our city for Atlantis. But no. This is Creaton. My home, never to be seen, never to be found.

Samantha is turning 14. This is the 13th year without a real family. She lives with her grandmother in a predictable gray life, when she gets kidnapped. There she learns her family is a bit more interesting than on the outside. There she learns the family truths are more dangerous than the lies.