After committing the irreparable, Mischa finds himself in a brand new world, outside the closed off commune (he has heard people describe it as a "cult") in which he was raised. Everything that seems so normal to others is scary to him. He must get used to life without the Keeper, who provided all the answers and protected him, instead with his foster mother, and his new friends at school. Will Mischa ever be able to live a normal life?