Maya lives in a village ruled by an oppressive patriarchy. She is unaware that this pocket society exists within a nationwide matriarchy - a kingdom ruled by women for generations. When her village is burned down she is thrown into a wider world full of rules she does not understand and expectations she was unaware even existed. She quickly and unwittingly becomes involved in a plot to overthrow this matriarchy, meeting friends along the way who pull her along on their own journies.