Her mother tried to protect her from the City and its ways, she failed. At fifteen Liza Glass has just had her Operation to become a Third Generation, she now looks like every girl her age, only told apart by the implant on her arm. Not only is she trying to deal with her new appearance but then there are other things for her to cope with too. Her Grandma resents her. She is stuck in a new class and has become the latest victim of Mia and her gang of bullies. Her best friend Arla is still a Second Generation. Then there’s the boy from the rain who she can’t stop thinking about. As her Grandma’s behavior becomes odder and Mia’s actions becomes more sinister things soon worsen for Liza; dangerously so.