In 1776, the Thirteen Colonies lost a revolutionary war with Great Britain. The British took an opportunity to weed out the depraved, the immoral, the dirty, of their dream societies. Everett, a non-felon who grew up in jail, is turned out of the only home he knows. Amelia, heiress to the railroad empire, leaves her cushy home to discover an alternative life. Childhood nightmares come true outside of the Quarantine Wall.