In 2090, a totalitarian Board walled off America for the good of the populous and named it America One. On a scouting mission to document America One’s dwindling resources, Patricia "Patch" Collins and her best friend Rexx, discover a cache of literature from before the Seclusion, which sparks an insatiable thirst for knowledge that pits her against the Board, and leads her to evade arrest across the country, learning the truth behind how America One was formed.