Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a seventeen-year-old girl. Diseases are eradicating the population, food is hard to find, birds don't fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.