So basically Sam and Violet are going through hell, its post apocalypse and bad stuff is happening; for starters there are no adults, you live till your 20 and then you "disappear" few know what actually happens after you turn twenty; and those who do are generally institutionalized, also Sam and Vi are being blackmailed while on their honeymoon in New York (which is now considered to be an exotic place because there is basically no western hemisphere, other than Russia and parts of Asia, and they are both inaccesable to anyone other than the people who live there.). Jackson, a cold-blooded sociopath, is blackmailing them to do horrible things, things that in most places would be considered acts of terrorisim; so in other words not a very productive way to spend their time. But they get smart and decide to revolt against him, blood is lost along with one very valuable life, will Sam and Violet make it throughthe experience, and what suprises await them when they return home to Los Angeles?