Trapped in an alternative-timeline America where school is mostly AI propaganda, two teens rebel with a passionate affair in A.C. Turner’s modern satirical mashup of Heathers, Forever… and 1984. It’s senior year at Andrew Johnson High School, and Rory Lang has lots of mixed feelings. Everything seems normal: the guns and cameras everywhere, the classes taught by AI, the free healthcare and entertainment available to everyone. But she still feels frozen and uneasy, like she can’t make a plan for her future. Then Rory meets the new boy, Kip Lee, who sends prickles up her spine with piercing looks and edgy conversations. Her friends warn her that Kip might be dangerous, but the more time Rory spends with him, the happier and more assured she feels. Kip wants to find a girlfriend and become an engineer, but those goals are tough for a guy who’s not on board with the American Reformation. And now his parents are gone, so he’s stuck living in his aunt and uncle’s basement with a closet full of contraband. Uncle Paul tells him to shut up and lie low at his new school long enough to graduate, but how can he date Rory if he’s hiding? But Kip and Rory fall in love anyway, and as senior year flies by, they learn all they can about themselves, their world and the power of human relationships. Their romance makes their lives much better, but then the Reformation—and Kip—turn out to be more dangerous than Rory ever imagined.