"I was a slave, a piece of property that could be bought, sold, or made to do anything at my master's command." In the year 2200, slavery is a common practice in America. But after over one hundred years of agony, a seed of rebellion begins to plant itself in the population. Grace is 16, and has been a slave all her life. When the rebellion picks up momentum, the boys of One Direction come to stay at her owners' home after their houses in the United States were burned by revolutionaries. She meets new friends, and begins to learn more about a dangerous cause she didn't want anything to do with before.