In a near-future Britain ruled by fear, an alien boy fleeing a dead world is locked alone in a detention cell, stripped of his family and his name. Then a girl on the other side of the glass looks at him with something other than suspicion. Some bonds are forged in cages.

A story about three teenagers in a northern English town, each quietly trying to make things a little better than they found them. Told by a voice that knows them all, it is about small acts, steady hands, and what it means to stay