2020 - the very near future. The world economy is still in shambles, and there is one company whose name seems to be found on an alarming number of products and services. Countries all meld together. Cultures are dying. Creativity is dying. Individuality and originality are cause for jailing. Refusal to do as told results in termination. Laura Cooper is a senior in high school, and in just a short period of time, the world as she knows it, and as we all know it, will come to a grinding halt.