Taken against her will... The Colonel, Maxim, is the ruler of the Ruins in what used to be New York. After a post-apocalyptic event nothing is and will never be the same. He rules with an iron fist and has the final say in all things. He takes what he wants when he wants. Now is the time for him to take Iolanthe. He's watched her from afar for years, now she will belong to him. Iolanthe has grown up homeless on the streets with her mother as her only companion. It's been a dangerous life, to say the least. The fact that she is a Pure only complicates matters and has been her most guarded secret. Her mother's warnings always in her mind. But, now her mother is dead and she's been taken by the Colonel. What will happen now?