Mercy Louis, star of the championship girls' basketball team, seems destined for greatness. At the periphery of Mercy's world floats team manager Illa Stark, a lonely wallflower. When Mercy collapses on the opening night of the season, her strict, evangelical grandmother, Evelia, prophesies that she is only the first to fall, and soon, other girls are afflicted by the mysterious condition, sending the town into a tailspin, and bringing Illa and Mercy together in an unexpected way.

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