After over a century of living in an underground compound, structure and order are the only way for their community to survive. Everyone contributes. Everyone born grows up to take the place of someone else. Deviation from the status quo has proven in the pastto be catastrophic to the fragile and tenuous way of life. Elia has always known what her future would be. While everyone else has a small amount of choice, her path has been mapped out since birth. Stuck in a role she didn't ask for and in her heart doesn't want, she's nonetheless prepared for what life has in store for her. When the Choosing turns her ordered life to chaos, she discovers that not everything is as it seems, and dark secrets lurk around every corner. What she does with them could change everyone's world.