Miki Jones lives life by her own strict set of rules, to keep control, to keep the gray fog of grief at bay. Then she's pulled into the Game, where she—and her team—will die unless she follows a new set of rules: those set by the mysterious Committee.

But rules don't guarantee safety. People are dying. The rules are unraveling. And Miki knows she's being watched, uncertain if it's the Drau or someone—something—else. Forced to make impossible choices, Miki begins to see the Committee in a glaring new light.

And through it all, she wishes she could confide in her best friend, Carly—about the Game and her feelings for Jackson—but that would put everyone she loves in danger. And Carly isn't speaking to her anyway.

Then the boundary between the Game and Miki's real life is breached, threatening her friends and family directly. And there's nothing in the rules that can save them now.