When illness strikes two people who are polar opposites, life and death bring them together in surprising ways.

In a city where super-powered people are ostracized, an earnest day laborer considers using his outlawed abilities for money to save his sick mother.

A young CIA operative, Annie Walker, is mysteriously summoned to headquarters for duty as a field operative. While Annie believes she's been promoted for her exceptional linguistic skills, there may be something or someone from her past that her CIA bosses are really after. Auggie Anderson is a CIA military intelligence agent who was blinded while on assignment and is Annie's guide in this world of bureaucracy, excitement and intrigue.