In a ravaged world where survival depends on blind faith, Paige has one chance to escape an arranged marriage to a boy in her post-apocalyptic cult: by becoming the town's human sacrifice. Her plan to trade her life for freedom nearly works-until her brother and her best friend, on whom she develops a forbidden crush, are declared heretics and sentenced to death. As Paige grapples with her loyalty to the only civilization left on Earth and the impending doom of her loved ones, she faces a heart-wrenching decision: stay and accept the sacrifice, or risk everything by blowing up the only home she's ever known and venturing into nothing but desolate wasteland.
