In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect & serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. & you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands & Teeth. But slowly Mary's truths are failing her. She's learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood & its secrets & the Guardians & their power & about the Unconsecrated & their relentlessness. When the fence is breached & her world is thrown into chaos she must choose between her village & her future
- between the one she loves & the one who loves her. & she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands & Teeth. Could there be life outside a world surrounded in so much death?