In a future society infested with crime and torn to pieces by chaos, civilization begins to draw its dying breath. With every resident a potential offender, the government concludes that each person must be supervised-and there are no exceptions. A simple tracking device is attached to the brain and transmits its carrier's location from cradle to grave. No more faces on milk cartons. No more "Most Wanted" shows. Privacy is exchanged for security, restoring order. As the head of the quality assurance team that makes the transmitters, Adam's job is to analyze malfunctioning Trackers. But when he wakes up next to a dead coworker and is unable to recall the events that placed him at the scene of the crime, his life suddenly becomes a living nightmare.
In his attempt to discover why he unknowingly committed murder, Adam learns that he is the first of a new kind of human, one that could very well throw society into pandemonium once more.