Administrator Jane Murphy is exiled from the sequestered home habitat upon her lone child's majority. Her mate stays to mate with another. She becomes addicted to Quench, a carcinogenic depression medication, in a world without hope. While her aunt plays with destruction, her powerful mother plots with imprisoned teens to kidnap Jane, the Administrator who incarcerated them. Jane's escapes to the polluted Outside changes everything. Yet there's no escaping the revenge of her mother's enemies.