Set in the volcanic valley of Bend, Oregon, it's the year 2088, and Agostina Schwartz, a half-Jewish, half-Italian eighteen-year-old is in the midst of writing her capstone project for graduation. Agostina, an unpopular but smart young girl, has three things on her mind: finishing her thesis, turning eighteen, and preparing for an environmental apocalypse. Torn from her family, Agostina has to rely on herself and others as the apocalypse unfolds. She volleys back and forth between bravery and reluctance while trying to fend off threats from the Sovereign States of America's government. She's unsure of herself, but trying to hold it together for those around her. She's torn between being the heroine and simply being eighteen, in a global, ideologically challenging world.