Aaron was raised in a utopian society, but as a thrill seeker and adrenaline junkie, he doesn't find it so perfect. After he attacks the city council members that tried to erase the "illegal" content on his computer, he's finally going to go through the "special program." At only sixteen, Aaron realizes that this isn't a good thing and runs away. In the outside world, the real world, Aaron meets a few people that show him how frightening the real world really is. Aaron doesn't know if he wants to be out in the real world, but he knows he doesn't want to go back. It's the friends he makes in the real world that help him succeed in getting away, and he even helps a few people straighten out their own lives in the process.