It's 2028, and in a future plagued by deadly diseases, a desperate father must confront the moral implications of an advanced chip technology that grants extra years of life at the cost of someone else's.

Antibiotics are no longer effective. A corporation called Lifeline has invented a health chip that everyone can get free through the NHS, and an upgrade that protects against more infections and diseases. But for one person to have an upgrade, someone else has to die so that the computing power can be transferred.

Daniel Avery has lost his wife and daughter in exactly these circumstances. Nightmares and flashbacks push him to investigate and, with the help of a rebel group, he slowly uncovers a grab for power and greed that goes right to the top.