Imagine a world without animals – without the chirping of birds and the buzzing of bees. Only machines and rats, who have survived, fill the silence.

In this bleak future, where the authorities euthanized the last animals nearly a decade ago, seventeen-year-old Paris lives on one of the few remaining farms. Meat comes from laboratories, and the sounds of animals are nothing but a distant memory. It's a quiet life in a deserted village, where only the poor have stayed behind. But when Paris hears a howl one night – a sound that should no longer exist – everything he thought he knew about this world is turned upside down. Owning an animal would not just be illegal, but dangerous, as its worth is beyond measure.