The year is 2061. Following economic and natural disasters around the globe, autonomous and independent population zones have been created, with large areas of the world designated as uninhabitable – the no-zones. When Jess and her family are forced to move to a new zone disaster strikes, with her father, Neil, separated from them. On his own in Zone 23, not knowing if the rest of his family is dead or alive, Neil starts a frustrating search. However, even if he finds them, to be reunited both he and his family will be destined to be designated as zoneless forever.