Erica Pettinger, the rebellious daughter of an MP, finds she is the 51st girl to be taken to "The Complex", run by and for the leading figures in the country, those who are above the law. She is trained and punished until she is broken, suffering all manner of sexual and emotional degradation at the hands of the members and, if they wish, other inmates. Friendships among the girls are forbidden. There are no clocks, radios, TVs, newspapers...the outside world is always denied them. Erica is determined to escape, and Grace, one of the house Mistresses, decides to help her exact her long-awaited revenge – but help comes at a price...