97 years in the future life, the last surviving humans of a nuclear war in a gigantic space station called the ark. The resources here are running out, which also leads to the fact that crimes are punished and almost always end with a fatal trip into space. This rule applies only to adults, all under 18 years of offenders are housed in a juvenile prison.
A not again want to repair a malfunction at the station can Jaha Chancellor and his team finally make a risky decision. 100 of juvenile prisoners are sent by ship to Earth to find out if this is habitable again. On landing, but some goes wrong and so the young people with no communication options are left on their own, while the time is running out on the ark, because of the oxygen on board, is a day less.
The plot moves between young people in the world and the adults (plus children) on the ark back and forth, with occasional minor recaps werden.Wenn installed then the kids end up on the habitable earth, is because the overwhelming feeling of freedom and the urge to finally do what's fun. Explore the world celebrate and yes, also explore life and love.
But no matter how easy it is not natural. From course strayed the supply means of the ark seem unattainable. What is eaten, which is a suitable place to sleep and how to get only more information about the current situation? First people with leadership qualities crystallize out, just like the collaborators and troublemakers. Then the shock: There are other people here in the woods, who have survived and they are dangerous hunters without conscience who see the newcomers as hostile intruders. These so-called grounder
It will primarily cover Clarke. You actually belonged to the upper class, but ended up in prison because she has her father support, who had rebelled against the system and had to die for it. She is kind and benevolent, learned medical knowledge from her mother and is rapidly becoming one of the leaders of the troop. The second would be Bellamy, who was not imprisoned and infiltrate only because his sister Octavia to the ship leaving. What he had to do for this is initially a mystery, he has definitely not interested to meet again on people from the ark. He and Clarke initially have quite different ways of working.