In the future there will be no diseases, no wars and no unrest. All citizens are happy members of the Global Governance. But one summer everything is about to change. Kiva T recently turned fifteen. All her dreams are about to come true. She must go to the Monarch's Camp, where she will be imprinted with the prescribed partner. One day they will have perfect children and a perfect life. But in her happy, carefree life in the Ocean Community, something weighs heavily on Kive. There are rumors about "anomalies" - citizens who cannot be captured with a partner for various reasons. No one knows what happens to them, but they never return. When Kiva arrives at Monarch's Camp, her worst nightmare comes true - she is an anomaly. After the imprinting procedure, the people she loved change dramatically, and she begins to doubt everything she knew. What if freedom and individuality were sacrificed for security? What if the person who can solve all problems is the one who created them? And what if he is not human at all? When Kiva finds a scratched warning under her bunk bed, she understands that disobedience will be punished, dissent has no place in this world, and the rebels will be destroyed.