Since the government wiped her memory about her brutal testing experience, Cia Vale is eager to start studying at the Commonwealth's elite University, along with Tomas, the boy she loves. However, when they both begin having nightmares that feel more like memories, Cia and Tomas begin studying things the University would rather they didn't. Their course of study might get them killed, but not before they learn one of the darkest of the Commonwealth's secrets.