It is the year 2018 and science is birthing new borders in the secret labs of the elite. Protein cocktails enable neural pathways that trigger quantum effects in the material world. Artificially intelligent systems enact global monitoring and allow for unprecedented manipulation. The science of consciousness reveals a shared stage where control of mankind has long been enforced. From the bliss of absolute ignorance, two strangers are drawn into an alliance with a rogue faction bent on revealing what the elite want hidden. The pair struggle to find their niches and learn what it means to be "fully alive, fully awake" in a desperate fight to release Earth from the grip of the centuries-old Commannda.