Divided by brains. Bound by love. Broken by hope. Alice Fletcher is one of the 50, worlds most brightest teenagers. She has been sent up into space to advance in her knowledge to hopefully find a cure for the plague that is slowly killing off the human race. Despite the weight that is resting on her and the other 49 teenagers shoulders, she still finds time to spend with the gorgeous Luke Jackson. As her feelings grow stronger she learns that she needs to make a choice. Will she follow her head, or her heart?