Daughter4254 used to think life in a community where art, music and names are outlawed would suffocate her creative spirit. Now that she’s rotting in a prison cell, she’s not sure her dying mother made the right choice when she entrusted her with the secrets of rebellion. Prison has given her plenty of time to relive every mistake and lose all hope. Then she meets Thomas, a fellow inmate, who tells her stories of the mythical mountain colonies where people have names and the arts thrive. Together they plot an escape, knowing if they fail, they will die. Or worse, their consciousness will be taken by the MindWipe, leaving their bodies free for the government to use. When nothing goes as planned, Daughter4254 must choose between using her mother’s secret to better the world she hates, or following Thomas to the quiet life of freedom she has always craved.

When her head is artificially filled with more information than she knows what to do with, Daughter4254 finds she can’t trust her own thoughts, much less the words of anyone else. Rumors come creeping in the night, and she finds herself faced with a choice she thought she’d left far behind when she’d walked out the doors of the compound.

After a narrow escape from wipers, Imani faces an uncertain future. The mountain people, Hamen’s men, and the Leaders are on the brink of war, and Imani may be turning into the very wipers she’d escaped. The key to peace rests in Imani’s artificial memory—if only she can figure out how to access the information. Meanwhile, the Secondary School is falling apart in the wake of Imani’s disappearance, and Marian has positioned herself at the head of a secret group of students seeking more than what is of use. When echoes of war reach her inner circle, it’s up to Marian to save her friends and what’s left of the community. Both girls are working toward the same goal, but unless they can somehow connect and share information, the chances of their survival and the survival of the ones they love, are slim. Together, but on separate paths, Imani and Marian take on their dystopian world in the gripping conclusion to the Daughter 4254 series.