In a dystopian future, a young woman discovers she has the power to restore harmony to a world on the brink of chaos. As she embarks on a dangerous journey, she must navigate a web of intrigue and deception to find her voice and unlock the secrets of her own destiny.

In late 1997, Anu Singh, an attractive law student in Canberra, made plans to kill her boyfriend Joe Cinque after throwing a series of macabre farewell dinner parties. The dinner guests, most of them university students, had heard various rumours about her plan, but nobody warned Joe. Joe's death and the subsequent trial drew the attention of the whole country, as the broader community struggled to come terms with how a life could fall through so many hands.