Exactly what does it mean to save yourself? Nina Idi — another child within a culture where households are allowed only two children — has been betrayed by the young man she cherished, and arrested by the Population Police for revealing additional alleged third children. Angry and baffled, Nina knows only 1 thing for certain: She actually is innocent of the charges. However now she is confronted with the most difficult choice of her existence: Obtain three additional prisoners to acknowledge they may be shadow children and become spared herself, or refuse to cooperate and become killed. The options are obvious. The choice, Nina discovers, isn’t….