Toni Crowe is the daughter of brilliant scientist and patriot Gabriel Crowe. In a world ravaged by disease and death, his research becomes the cornerstone of a new State, a State that will eliminate the Illness at all costs. When Toni's spinster aunt develops the Illness Toni must confront her core beliefs. Will Toni follow the rules and regulations that her father directed, or will her mother's faith lead her to question what she is told she must do?