After the world's population has gone down dramatically, due to a plague that killed more than half the world's people, a new government and lifestyle have become the norm. Eve, Sam, Lysa, Peter and Nick know that something's not right. In an effort to solve the mysteries of otherwise well-liked politics, a darker evil is stirred. The princesses of court and the King are not so innocent. And more lives will be lost. But what can a couple of orphan teenagers do anyway?