Willa, a self centered and cross seventeen year old girl, is trying to survive with her family while the world is crumbling beneath her feet. Murderers, robbers, homelessness, and disease is spreading throughout the world as Willa watches. When Willa meets Danny, an aware and alert nineteen year old girl, and then they get taken away to a lab to be tested, the world around them starts to seal up and close. To survive, the girls must take charge to set themselves free of the Test Subjects.
Lily is happy with her life. She has a unique family that she can rely on as well as four great friends who support her - and vice versa. She doesn't mind school, loves to play soccer in her spare time and cannot say no to sweets.
For as long as she can remember, it has always been just her and her brothers. There are no parents in the picture. The 12-year-old has never bothered to find out what actually happened to them and she has never even met them. Her oldest brother is her and the other minors' guardian. This is how it has always been, and Lily likes it that way.
However, something seems to be changing. Three of her brothers suddenly move back home, or at least make plans to do so. The older ones start to act secretive and they appear more preoccupied than usual. Certain things don't add up anymore. Lily's curiosity is piqued. What is going on with her family? What are her oldest brothers hiding from her? Have they been lying to her? Who are her parents? And where are they?
Join Lily on a journey that will turn her life upside down and that will put everything into a new perspective, as things slowly start to unravel.