In the future, a war has been fought between the pro-
life and pro-choice armies. Their final settlement: the Bill of Life, which ends abortion but allows
parents to choose to have their children "unwound" between ages 13 and 18. "
Unwinding" is the transplanting of every part of the teens''
bodies; since every bit of their bodies is still "alive," they haven''t technically been killed, right?
Connor, after discovering that his parents have signed an order for his unwinding, decides to try to escape. Eventually meeting up with Risa, another escaping
Unwind, and Lev, whose life has been tithed to the church, he tries to keep them all one step ahead of the police. But Lev may have other ideas.