The new Republic of California is forcing Marisol, a Mexicana woman, to marry a white man to create a homogenous race in the new nation. She had until she was twenty-three to find her own match before Combination Nation(R) made the match for her, and now she has to give her body to a man who treats her like property. But Marisol chooses instead to spend her time with a contaminado goatherd and his political-minded punk band who share and respect her cultural identity. With them, she reclaims her body, her language, and her freedom.