An unprecedented pandemic ravaged the planet, leaving resources insufficient to maintain the human population. To combat the crisis, a totalitarian governing body, The Bureau, established The Deal. Accept The Deal, and you’ll receive a job, housing, and medical care that will keep you safe and healthy for twenty more years, at which point you must take your own life. Once you take The Deal, there’s no turning back. The Bureau makes sure of this. Tala took the deal when she was twenty, pregnant, and alone. But just as her time is up, something unexpected happens.