Ammiel Tennet looks up to her mother who is a renowned scientist at the nation's famous cancer institute. To Ammiel, her mother is the most accomplished person on Earth, and her life goal is to grow up to be just like her. So she maintains perfect grades at school and makes sacrifices that are not typical of a teenager.

But when Ammiel stumbles onto the truth of the nature of her mother's research, the world she's built around her mother shatters, and she's forced to make a choice when faced with an ethical dilemma. That choice might just change her life forever...