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Bea’s five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away, consumed by the smog and pollution of the overdeveloped metropolis that most of the population now calls home. If they stay in the city, Agnes will die. There is only one alternative: the Wilderness State, the last swath of untouched, protected land, where people have always been forbidden. Until now.

Bea's five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away. The smog and pollution of the overdeveloped, overpopulated metropolis they call home is ravaging her lungs. Bea knows she cannot stay in the City, but there is only one alternative: the Wilderness State. Mankind has never been allowed to venture into this vast expanse of untamed land. Until now. Bea and Agnes join 18 other volunteers who agree to take part in a radical experiment.

Told with perfect rhythm and unyielding brutality, these stories expose unsuspecting men and women to the realities of nature, the primal instincts of man and the dark humour and heartbreak of our struggle to not only thrive, but survive.

Amerika in der nahen Zukunft: In den riesigen Megacitys leiden die Menschen unter den Folgen des Klimawandels. Kinder drohen am Smog zu sterben. Als auch die fünfjährige Agnes erkrankt, trifft ihre Mutter Bea eine kühne Entscheidung: Gemeinsam mit einer Gruppe Verzweifelter lässt sie sich von der Regierung in eines der letzten Naturreservate entsenden. Die "Pioniere" sollen dort als nomadische Jäger und Sammler leben – ohne die unberührte Natur zu zerstören.

Amerika in der nahen Zukunft: In den riesigen Megacitys leiden die Menschen unter den Folgen des Klimawandels. Kinder drohen am Smog zu sterben. Als auch die fünfjährige Agnes erkrankt, trifft ihre Mutter Bea eine kühne Entscheidung: Gemeinsam mit einer Gruppe Verzweifelter lässt sie sich von der Regierung in eines der letzten Naturreservate entsenden. Die "Pioniere" sollen dort als nomadische Jäger und Sammler leben – ohne die unberührte Natur zu zerstören.

Esiste un lembo di terra dove gli uomini sono banditi. Si chiama "Lo Stato delle Terre Vergini", e lì la natura non ha ancora incontrato la mano della civiltà. Nel resto del mondo, invece, la situazione ambientale peggiora di giorno in giorno; nelle metropoli, l’aria sta diventando irrespirabile. Per questo motivo, Bea decide che è arrivato il momento per lei e per sua figlia Agnes di lasciare la città. Con altre diciotto persone aderiscono a un esperimento sociale, e "Lo Stato delle Terre Vergini", finora incontaminato, accoglierà per la prima volta la presenza umana.