6 children are taken from their mothers and are subjected to... questionably ethical experiments. The first is Joe Hills, who is raised in total darkness. The next is Xelqua, the subject of DNA exchanges and raised like a bird Then Techno, taught to be a soldier the moment he can walk After, Scott and Pearl, forced to raise themselves away from adults, with only themselves to rely on Finally, Puffy, brought up to believe that she was the daughter of a pirate. What happens when they are saved?