Decay. The world is run by Karma, a machine that monitors adults across the world from the age of 14 onward by way of an implant in their brains. Meanwhile, an uprising is forming. Ronin. Long before the Karma Chip, a young woman joins a team of scientists in Japan who are racing to achieve the greatest technological advancement in history. Mars. Long after the rebellion, on an Earth slowly being depleted of resources, a stranger joins a new society; his only motivation is his unwavering hatred for the ruler of mankind. Freedom or Altruism? Us or Them? Man or Machine?