Quinn Cleary has always wanted to be a doctor. But her family is poor, so the only way to make her dream come true is to win a place at The Ingraham, the gold-plated medical school which accepts only the best students but where tuition is free - funded by the powerful Kleederman Foundation.
Within this vast, isolated complex, her life seems just perfect - particularly as she begins to fall in love. But, as term progresses, Quinn starts to notice a subtle change in her fellow students. Even the freest of thinkers are becoming strangely rigid in their views. When she confesses these suspicions to her boyfriend, Tim, he laughs her off...until he discovers a tiny microphone. Suddenly Tim disappears, without trace.
As Quinn's panic grows, so does her conviction that something very strange is happening at The Ingraham. And that, unless she can rapidly uncover the truth, she also may soon disappear from the face of the earth...