Sam Pelekai is afraid.

She's afraid of The Enemy, she's afraid of The Creatures, she's afraid of what the world has become -- but she refuses to be afraid to do what she believes is right.

With the world in the midst of a century-long war,  Sam makes the unspeakable decision to break the most important rule of her society and save the life of someone she'd been raised all her life to fear and hate -- A boy.