In the late 21st century, the Axiom Corporation has transformed Earth into a utopia-at least for those who submit to their ultimate form of social media, their minds interconnected by an innovative brain implant.
Claudia Avena, Axiom's young and talented information security officer, grapples with her privilege when she finds herself in an impassioned love affair with Tommy, a rebel who finds the cybernetic devices abhorrent.
Protected inside Axiom's walls, Claudia watches in horror as a cyberattack on their public network tips civilization off its axis-devastating malware she could have, and should have, prevented. She toils in guilt-ridden isolation to restore order to the chaos, blind to the transformation of the post-apocalyptic world outside, where the remnants of humanity vie for power in Axiom's absence.
When Claudia makes a breakthrough that thrusts Axiom back into power, she must face the true nature of her employer, as well as her own true nature, before Axiom forever redefines what it means to be human.