PART ONE |*| CHAPTER ONE

It's the worst time in the nation's history of reproductive laws for someone like Katherine, who doesn't want a child, to learn she's pregnant. In this environment, not having a child will be a challenge.

Katherine isn't afraid of a challenge.

29 years later...

It's probably the worst possible time in the nation's history of reproductive laws for Millie - well, for someone like Millie - to decide she wants to be pregnant. Getting pregnant requires government approval, and cheating the system means imprisonment in a mysterious facility known as Exile. In this environment, a pregnancy for someone like Millie is all but impossible.

Millie doesn't believe in "impossible."