"Will the world ever return to normal?" This is the question on everyone's lips in 2064 while the Earth is recovering from the aftermath of gamma radiation.
Years before, two comets collided on the brink of Earth's atmosphere - their debris leaving a path of destruction and a tear in the ozone layer. Now, a group of scientists has gathered inside DomeWorld, a futuristic city built at the epicenter in New Mexico, to find solutions to the damage that's been done.
One of these scientists, Dr. Raina Shores, is drawn to this military-based compound for dual reasons: to use her expertise in environmental research that can help restore the area's vegetation; to resolve the mystery behind her twin brother's death. She was told Marc had died while serving with a band of robots called Tinheads, yet the military never released his body to the family for burial in his homeland.
Could Marc still be alive? In this new computerized world, anything seems possible.
While at DomeWorld, Raina must adapt to a mechanical environment, including the lifeforms the sinister Dr. Shoto is using reckless and immoral methods to create. Another of their colleagues, Chad Kingston, an ex-military man, offers to be her ally as she works behind the scenes to find answers. However, his hot and cold treatment soon has Raina wondering just what kind of secrets he's trying to hide.
In the midst of it all, Raina is given an assistant named A.B.I.L., a cydroid designed to work with her plant research. The advanced robot appears to obey everything his master tells him. Could he harm Raina if ordered to? Just who - or what - is A.B.I.L.? And what is he secretly planning? All Raina knows for sure is he is far more than a mere robot.
A young woman alone in a new world, Raina begins asking questions no one wants to answer. Pushing those in authority, she makes treacherous enemies. Will she be able to find her brother before something terrible happens? Fearful but determined, Raina knows she cannot stop trying. She can't abandon a brother who would never leave her behind, even if there's only one chance in a million that she can find him, alive or dead.
With her sanity and the fate of the American Southwest on her shoulders, Raina finds romance, intrigue, and danger abounding when she is pulled into different relationships. Some she'd never imagined possible. Her world crashing around her, she questions, "Was my leaving Paris and coming to DomeWorld a mistake?" She hopes to live long enough to decide.
