Go, Emma. Stay alive and be safe. I'll make sure they don't come after you, but you must never come back. Emma has grown up in a secluded compound of women that managed to survive the great disaster that destroyed much of the world. Yet, since birth, she has been regarded as a misfit. An outcast. Forced to live a life of constant supervision, suppressed emotions, and extra punishments, the only bright spot in her existence is the small taste of freedom she gets during the annual camping trips beyond the compound's imposing gates. Until one day she learns the Mothers will no longer allow an outcast to live among them. Emma runs to save her life, but the odds are stacked against her. When all hope seems lost, will the men who find her be her saving grace? Or will the Mothers' cautionary tales of dangerous, violent men prove true?