In a dystopian future, the totalitarian nation of HPE is divided into silos and the management board. Every 3 months representatives from each silo are selected by lottery to participate in the quarterquell. Part entertainment, part brutal retribution for past recruitment practices, the televised games are broadcast throughout HPE. The participants are forced to eliminate their competitors while the citizens of HPE are required to watch. The ‘winner’ of each quarterquell wins the right to remain part of the HPE nation for another 3 months.
President Meg Snow fears a rebellion lead by the mockingbusinesscase, a powerful force of delivery requirements that threatens her plan of transforming HPE and upsetting the balance of power between the management board and the silo’s.