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After the economic crisis, an authoritarian government comes to power in the United States and introduces the PACT, ostensibly to "preserve American culture". In reality, this law allows children to be taken away from their dissident parents and assimilated into the "right" environment. The boy Bird is also threatened because of his appearance. Growing up under the overprotective care of his father, he is eager to find out what happened to his poet mother. Why did she disappear? Why were her poems removed from libraries? So when he receives a mysterious letter with a drawing, he sets out to find her.

Celeste Ing's new novel is about a world where the guilty are sought, and when they are not found, they are appointed. About the desperate desire of parents to protect their children. About the blatant injustice that artists are trying to fight. About our lost hearts that unite all those who disagree.