Jamal goes to downtown Baltimore for a protest after an officer is acquitted of killing a black man. Jamal attends a private school and is interested in journalism, so he figures that if he can get some good photos from the protest, they will better his chances of getting scholarships. Armed with a Pentax K1000, he heads into the city, which is almost an hour away from his home.

And once he's there at the protest, things start going wrong. First, Jamal is harassed by white police officers who tell him that he can't take photos. And then his mom calls; she tries to get him to leave the city before the call is cut off. It seems ALL outside communication has been interrupted. And that the city of Baltimore has been sealed inside of an electric dome. That's when things go from bad to worse.

Jamal doesn't live in Baltimore, so when everyone is told to go home, he's not sure what to do. Until he runs into another teen and they decide to team up.

This book is like a Black Lives Matter protest meets the Hunger Games. Fast-paced and full of action.