When I was young I lived on a space station. It was my home, my birthplace. I had parents, friends. Now I have almost nobody. We woke up on a planet. There were supplies, technology and food. We didn't know where we were. All we thought about was survival. Who are the ones that sent us? What happened to our families? How far away exactly are we? These are all my questions. But the biggest one is.. will we survive?

Život sedamnaestogodišnje Jannat Mary Elgort se mijenja nakon što je roditelji upisuju na Akademiju gospođice Smithson za nadarene mlade, tajanstveno sveučilište u kojemu mladi s istaknutim sposobnostima uče kako ih primjenjivati i unaprijeđivati. Uskoro nakon Jannatina dolaska na Akademiju, jedna od njezinih suučenica umire tragičnom, ali vrlo čudnom smrću, te Jannat počinje sumnjati da Akademija nije mjesto kakvo su njoj i ostalim običnim građanima opisivali.