The Surrendered is a book about Vera Delancourt and her crazy experiences. After the Black Forty happened, all the nations' governments collapse. In its place arises a sort of communistic government in the USA. Families are now taxed for any child they have aged 8 or above. If a family cannot pay the tax for that child, the child is taken to a slave camp, or Millhouse, to work off the debt. The children are set free at age 18.

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The Millhouses were supposed to help. In a country torn apart by the ravages of war, the Millhouses were created to help the government back onto its feet. Or at least, that’s what the people were told.

The United States has hit a dark era called the Black Forty--a horrid time filed with devastating financial decisions and a plummet of worldwide currency and international social unrest. In addition to these events, the newly recognized Commander creates “The Tax," a system in which every child under 18 is submitted to serve as a slave in systems like farms, millhouses, and mines to sustain what he calls the economy. Vera and her brother, Oliver, are among the many children submitted.