After almost losing her life at sea, Arcene is rescued by a strange community, isolated from the remnants of humanity on the mainland for over three centuries. One slight indiscretion and she is stripped, bound, and Judged, the verdict inevitable. Locked up, she wakes to find herself plunged into a battle for survival. The Hunt is on, and she is Prey. But Arcene has never played by the rules, and as the televised entertainment for indoctrinated islanders unravels, and Arcene grows increasingly desperate, she forms a plan that will forever change not only their future and hers, but may mean she will never see home again.