What would you do if you lived in a near-future United States of America in which the President has declared weekend minority culling "Passes" legal?In which citizens must compete in reality TV programs for healthcare, the right to travel, higher education, or "freedom" to live in private segregated communities?What would you do if you were falling for a beautiful biracial climatologist and artist who might be a member of a radical "terrorist" network?This is the future in which Noah Harpster, humble incongruent anachronism, pickpocket, and three-time loser, finds himself cast.Like you, he's got some tough decisions to make with too few options.To the government, and everyone else, he's just one more grain of sand in a colossal hourglass.And time's running out....