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In the seemingly perfect world of Paliav, the government enforces a strict way of living on its citizens. Before beginning a new stage in their lives, they are required to attend an appointment where their irrelevant memories are removed. This is supposed to make them live carefree, and adjust to changes well.
As sixteen-year-old Mara is plucked out of her daily routine, and brought to a removal centre, she prays for a miracle that will allow her to keep all her memories, especially those of her loved ones. But with no way to fight back, she forgets everyone she’d ever known.
Back to leading an ordinary life, Mara is confused and frightened when she finds a forbidden note from someone who reveals a secret: one that might threaten their very lives. With no memories of their shared past, Mara must decide whether or not she can trust this person.
Mara has to overcome her fear and doubt to fight for freedom and a happier life, without the looming threat of another removal. And she has to decide if she can trust her feelings, when she no longer knows how they came to be.
How can she trust, when she doesn't remember?
How can she leave, when she doesn't understand?
After being captured by the government, enduring torture at their hands and being sent back to her home without any memories, Mara is trapped in the same life she escaped just months earlier.
Once she ends her relationship, and finds comfort in a blooming new friendship, she feels confident enough to share her own doubts about what happened in the months that are missing from her memory. Mara is rewarded with more knowledge about her own past, and the resistance, than she ever hoped to gain.
Emily remains with the resistance, unable to forget about Mara. She dives deep into her work and thereby pushed the resistance closer to the end goal: ready to fight against the government.
As Mara is forced to leave behind her family again, she has to decide what her future without them should look like and how she will be involved in the fight of the resistance. Unsure how the journey will unravel and where it will ultimately lead her, she has to trust her new friend and her own instincts.
Meanwhile, Emily fights to find her rightful place within the resistance. When she can’t wait any longer, and breaks the rules to get her way, she finds herself in a position she never thought she’d been in: rejected and lost. Emily has to work through her emotions and conflicts, to find a reason to fight.
How can she win, when she doesn't believe?
Mara is back with the resistance, and she’s working through her returning memories, thanks to the reverse serum. After reliving her best and worst moments, she is put in a unique position to help others. As the only person who’s gotten the majority of her memories back, she can help guide others through the same process. Mara takes pride in creating a safe environment for those willing to suffer through the unpredictable procedure and relive their own memories.
Emily is conflicted about her position in the resistance. She has been the driving force behind both the reverse and anti-serums, but she knows her relationship with Mara is over, and she has to find a new reason to fight.
As the resistance prepares to launch their attack against the government.
Mara splits her time between helping Sofia, Flynn, and the others with the battle plan and caring for her memory-recovery patients. Feeling like a fraud on both fronts, Mara questions her ability to help everyone. If she can’t focus on her tasks, the people depending on her will be let down in their most vulnerable moments, and forced to fend for themselves.
When the worst-case scenario happens and Emily’s loved ones are threatened, she wants nothing more than to get them to a safe place. She jumps head first into a mission to save them, but when unforeseen odds stack against her, Emily isn’t confident everyone will make it out alive.