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In a world where every term and gesture is copyrighted, patented or trademarked, one girl elects to remain silent instead of spend to speak, and her defiant and unexpected silence threatens to unravel the very fabric of society.

Speth Jime is anxious to provide her Last Day time speech and celebrate her transition into adulthood. The moment she turns fifteen, Speth must purchase every phrase she speaks (“Sorry” is a flat ten dollars and a legal entrance of guilt), for each nod ($0.99/sec), for about All Rights Reserved every scream ($0.99/sec) and even every gesture of affection. She’s been raised to know the results of dropping into debt, and can’t begin to assume the pain of experiencing her eyes shocked for speaking words that she’s unable to afford.

But when Speth’s friend Beecher commits suicide instead of function off his family’s crippling debt, she can’t express her shock and dismay without breaking her Last Day agreement and mailing her family into Collection. Backed into a corner, Speth discovers a loophole: rather than read her speech-rather than say anything at all-she closes her mouth area and vows to never speak once again. Speth’s unforeseen defiance of custom sparks a press frenzy, uplifting others to follow in her footsteps, and threatens to damage her, her family and the complete town around them.