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On a world devastated by geological calamity, a young woman comes of age in a land where nobody has a name. Awakening in captivity, she recalls hushed whispers of disappearances associated with a clandestine movement. Being groomed for a ritual that will seal her fate, she faces the ultimate challenge.
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