A murder has been committed in Westwood. Joseph Marshall, a newly graduated NextGen operative is sent to investigate the only suspect - one of the last remaining Fallen. These super-soldiers, the preamble to the NextGen, have mostly died off. Not due to the passage of time, but because they went insane, some violently so, and had to be stopped by the government that created them.
Being NextGen is not easy. Their childhood is stolen by the Alliance's military machine. Society fears their very presence. And worst of all, every NextGen must serve in a massive concentration camp called the Sectors.
The Sectors, created over 70 years ago, was developed to keep the Northern Alliance's greatest enemy, the Keynosians, under thumb. Like the Alliance, the Keynosians have genetically gifted men and women among them called the Empowered, who are capable of just as much violence and destruction as the NextGen. Fearful of another war, the Northern Alliance is intent on keeping them contained. Joseph is recruited to police one of the worst locations within this massive prison camp, Westwood.
With a Fallen partner and a murder investigation he must solve, Joseph has his hands full. The last thing he needs to do, is fall in love... with the enemy.
