In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. TheGuardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects
the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. But, slowly, Mary's truths are
failing her. She's learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood
and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power, and about the Unconsecrated
and their relentlessness. When the fence is breached and her world is thrown
into chaos, she must choose between her village and her future - between the one
she loves and the one who loves her. And she must face the truth about the
Forest of Hands and Teeth. Could there be life outside a world surrounded in so
much death?