A program called "The Ant Hill" has been developed to give prison inmates a reduced sentence by risking danger in the "Free Land" to gather run-off water from government wells for use in the reforestation of California's trees.

Set in the near future San Fernando Valley, in the throws of America's Second Civil War, the story takes place in one day and follows one inmate's journey, BELLIBONE, through the "Free Land" on her mission up the hill. The Ant Hill program allows inmates to receive limited amounts of "free time" in exchange for their weight brought back in water. Most inmates use this time to do drugs, fornicate, read, watch movies, etc. Bellibone's reason remains a secret to her and the audience, until it is revealed in the final scene.—Anonymous