Our country has turned its back on inclusion: the descendants of
immigrants have been denied status and security and must sell their
children to a travelling circus–to perform at the mercy of ravenous
lions, sabotaged high wires and a demonic ringmaster.
The ruling class–the Pures–visit the circus as an escape from
their structured, safe, high-achieving lives–to experience pure
entertainment with a brutal, bloodthirsty edge.
Ben, the teenage son of a draconian government minister, attends
on opening night and falls under the spell of Hoshiko, a tightrope
walker and the star attraction. But as he steps beyond the sparkle and
spectacle of the circus, to reveal the horrors that lurk beneath, can
he find the courage to resist, to rebel, to help end the cruelty and the
carnage?