Under Lock and Key: The Zone is a Riveting Psychological Thriller that begins as the United States teeters on the brink of economic collapse, and the harshness of reality rushes in at a hostile pace. Marchessa and her father are surviving the instability of the collapse after being severed from the experimental program that woke Marchessa from her comatose state of being, a choice they were forced to make to stop them from imprisoning Spencer for a crime he didn't commit. In the meantime, the grip of government experimentation grows stronger, kept hidden from concern and public scrutiny, secure Under Lock and Key.