Sixteen-year-old Celeste is snatched from her execution by the man whom she must defy and love.Europe is held in the grip of a viral, water-bound plague. Thousands fall sick with the elderly and weak being the first to succumb. Thankfully, an often maligned, fundamentalist religious state, discovers a vaccine and graciously saves millions of lives.With that open kindness came a second 'benefit' - a migrating electrode or migratobe. The minute electrode, administered within the vaccine, nestles in the base of the brain and effectively holds those thankful millions, as slaves. Hundreds of millions survive at the behest of their fanatical captors, always fearful of an electric pulse that could cause the migratobe to explode and end their life in a final thirty seconds of agony.Small resistance groups, known as the Kris, who escaped the initial virus and never received the the migratobe, survive underground in the sewers and subways of the great cities. Can they win freedom from the religious fanatics? Can they win their countries back?One young girl, raised by sympathizers and having endured four years in a greasy pit for her own protection, is thrust into the forefront of the resistance movement.Celeste knows nothing of guns, bombs and terrorism, but she will learn. She will learn fast.Celeste's journey from her four years in captivity in the pit under the garage, to the role of resistance fighter can be thwarted by one thing - love. The volatile Tyrol, the resistance movements most dangerous man, is also the man who holds her heart.Celeste must learn to control her heart and her hatred to save her people.

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