In an age ruled by technology and money, an elite group has put a price on the imaginations of children.  High above a demolished and deserted Los Angeles sits Pierce Academy, an institute that serves as the factory of America's imagination, using captive children as the fuel to make films and billions of dollars.  Finlay is approaching her 18th birthday and eagerly awaits her graduation and release from the Academy and the terror they've used against her for fourteen years.  But as her day of freedom approaches, she learns that the Academy sees her as a threat to their future.  In fear for her life and sanity, Finn escapes and scours the hills in search of the mythical cave people, a group rumored to be building forces in an effort to take down the Academy and free the innocent children imprisoned inside.  But the Academy isn't willing to let her leave quietly.  They have their own plans for Finn and anyone unfortunate enough to join her.