Skyla Roseau writes about her Big Data world of surveillance and rules in her last assignment before graduation. Jaffa, her fiancé, and Tangier, her big brother, warn her not to break any word rules. One day, she uses forbidden words to write from her heart about the cruel oppression of Big Data. But, a professor betrays her and a rigged keyboard outs her. Both trigger Big Data's wrath upon Skyla. She escapes underground with Tangier and Jaffa. To survive they must choose to join the resistance, led by the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.