Living in what she believes to be a post-apocalyptic world, Hope was born at The Haven, a small pocket of civilisation controlled by the Grandmasters of The Cause. In the spring before her seventeenth birthday, Hope realises that she is different to everyone else at The Haven with abilities beyond normal human beings. Under the threat of execution, she escapes The Haven, discovering that there is life beyond the boundary walls. Coming across rebels living in the outlands, Hope discovers the truth behind The Cause and when she is given a Grandmaster's key that unlocks the vault to the ultimate weapon, she heads to the government at Gateway City. This thrilling adventure is the story of Hope's survival and the truth that lies behind the life she had always known. Discovering that she is one of The Evolved, Hope battles for her freedom in the first part of this thrilling trilogy, where Hope has the power, but the government has the ultimate control.