The year is 2319. Claire Austin is a stubborn and rebellious fourteen year old girl from the East States of America. She is adjusting to her new home in the capital city when her life is turned upside down. Suddenly she is pulled from her new house and is put into a newer, fancy one, in the center of the capital. With all of the chaos going on, she barely notices the new boy that moves in across the street. They become close friends, but not even two weeks later, the boy and his family and gone. Now Claire has two mysteries - why in the world she moved again, to a much better house, and where her new friend went. Claire starts to look for them, but encounters a bigger problem - the government. Even with the help from people she meets along the way, will she find them?