Zella has been faithful to the Program her entire life, never doubting Mother's choice to keep her in isolation since birth. As the first "Child of the Lighthouse," she's always had a responsibility to be an example to the others-be grateful, be obedient. But after seventeen long years up in her lighthouse all alone, it's getting a lot harder to push down her secret-and forbidden-dreams of living a normal life, no matter the risks she's heard of...