For thirty years, the Cerebellix computer chip has stifled the emotions of nearly every Omnividian citizen. In a bleak routine-driven existence, they committed no crimes, formed no human bonds, and waged no resistance to the tyrannical rule of Henry Irvine. As an underground dissident group emerges, a mother embarks on a quest to find her children, friendships are crafted, and—with some unlikely help from the highest echelons of power—the seeds of a global resistance movement are planted. In his debut fiction novel, Neal Larson crafts a thrilling tale of oppression, struggle, adventure, hope and love.