In the year 2065, helicopter parents have succeeded in bubble-wrapping the world. With fear keeping everyone indoors, people in the cities have never been safer. Online gaming provides the main source of income for everyone, trading points for basic needs, and one company, Arcadia, controls the distribution of everything. Cadence Shields has known no other life. When a glitch in the food delivery system limits access to food in the cities, Cadence must learn to navigate an unfamiliar world in order to save her family and humanity.