After embracing the forbidden Path of the Giver, a headstrong heiress returns home to find her people on the brink of war. But as she struggles to stay true to her new beliefs amidst the violence and deception of the corrupt, she realizes the rival family at the heart of the conflict has a much more devious scheme. Her only hope is to find the hidden River Massah and unlock its miraculous power before the world can be severed from the Giver forever, and plunged into a darker reign of evil than it has ever known.