Mag’s respect for her uncle turns to awe when, at the urgent plea of the United Nations, his company develops an artificial intelligence named Dyrette to curb a crippling global internet hacking crisis. Her admiration changes to loathing, however, when she discovers he is secretly developing an implantable bio-metric wafer to take it a step further and “supervise” people using Dyrette. Choosing between family and fighting a web-tethered fate Mags recruits an off-grid group to oppose him.