Isis Whit is no ordinary teenager - she exalts in the status of Elect of God of the Luskentyrian Sect, a small religious cult When her cousin Morag renounces her faith, Isis is chosen to venture out amongst the Unsaved and bring her back into the fold But her mission through the spiritual barrenness of Nineties Britain is treacherous - not only has Morag embraced the ways of the Unsaved with abandon, but she seems to be actively avoiding Isis, whose own hallowed status undergoes a radical about-turn as her pillar of faith slowly crumbles from within