Connor wakes up in a hospital bed, surrounded by people who claim to be his friends, with no recollection of how he got there. He is told that he simply hit his head, but something in Connor's mind tells him that there is a lot more going on than meets the eye.

On her way home from school one day, Shelby meets an alien, and that night, an android. Discovering things about herself, her past, and her future, Shelby is forced on a journey with her misfits.

In a world where your only future is the army, Ellara Cross must be the best in her class in order to receive everyone's dream job: being a commander. Being the runt of the pack with no hope in succeeding, Ellara's life changes when another sector's commander, Calder Jackson, comes to her town for inspection. But what Ellara thinks are little decisions, turn out to have big consequences.