Will technology save us from ourselves and bring humanity back from the brink?
Or will it be the fatal error that seals our fate?
Heliotrope is quiet, and the CIA wants to keep it that way—even if that means suspending the civil rights of anyone who ever came in contact with it. They even have a plan for disposing of the rogue software for good, but will it work?
Jordan wants things to be the way they were before, but Natalie knows there's something out there that's just too powerful to ignore. And besides, it might solve all of our problems. But when she starts asking too many questions, the world comes crashing down.
In a race against time, Silicon Valley oligarchs, the military defense complex, and drones, Jordan and his friends must run to stay alive and get ready for the fight of their lives. From California's Sierra Nevada mountains to the New York subway to the skies over Washington, D.C., the young engineers must cross a country torn by conflict in search of Heliotrope's true soul.
As the nation teeters on the brink of collapse, the destiny of humanity itself lies in the balance. Under the watchful eyes of Abraham Lincoln, surrounded by the largest civil rights demonstration ever, they must decide. Should they roll the dice and unleash the fury that could be our salvation, or our destruction?