In Asfalis, there are two districts. Dotis is where the donors live, and Dektis is where the privileged live. 100 years after the plague that killed 90% of the world, a new system for society has been set up. In Dotis, people have one purpose. To provide their organs to the privileged when they get sick. When Emmie Giver gets chosen everyone says she is brave and patriotic. Emmie has two choices. Sacrifice her life for the greater cause, or follow a mysterious dream she had that is telling her to run away.