Riviera Hills was built on five founding principles; positivity, truthfulness, integrity, respect, and acceptance. A society without conflict, deception, or cruelty, all upheld by a unique marking system that brands community members worth for the world to see.

Just after Penelope Maximillian turned 17, she is marked with a circle for negativity, her principles are put to the ultimate test. Does she conform and allow the system to transition her or does she fight back, resisting the mark and risking everything she believed in? With her twin brother, Jude, by her side, her choice is made for her.

When the Maximillian's discover their family patriarch, Jordan, runs The Basement, the shadowy nerve center behind the entire marking system, the line between protector and enemy blurs beyond recognition.

Now the family faces an impossible choice; stay and conform and risk losing Penelope to the system her own father helped build, or flee everything they've ever known to become part of the resistance. 

In a world that marks you for who you are, some truths can't stay buried.