The coffee shop known as Twelfth House is four blocks west of Evanston's lakefront, but the Broken never patronize the place. Christian Belcamp - a California transplant - is in search of dark roast and a clean slate when he stumbles upon more than the unmarked storefront. A seductive innocent. The SANND box prototype he thought lost. And soon, every loyalty will be tested when a subliminal plot to divide family, friends, and a nation erupts.