"It was increasingly difficult to remember what laughter sounded like. The only familiar sound anymore was the rumbling of the bus engine, the grunt of a sweaty man." Amidst a plague that has taken the life of almost every woman on the planet, Ann finds herself trapped in a world where women are auctioned off for the night to the highest bidder. Ann dreams of a different existence, but with Senora Loveall watching her every move, her plans to escape are always in danger of being thwarted. As Ann watches the women around her lose the memories of their previous lives, she knows that she has to escape soon or suffer the same fate. But will a new life be any better than her current fate?