There was nothing she could do... She didn't ask for this... She didn't ask to hold the powers of pure energy at the palm of her hand. All she could do was live with it. Even if it meant being unable to love, unable to touch a living being, unable to be herself.
Alexis Saria, a 23 Year old girl born and raised in the heart of New York finds her life beyond altered when a school internship at the Mikoshi Corporation goes horribly wrong. During an experiment with a mysterious electric element seemingly found in the middle of Time's Square one fateful day, a chaotic explosion occurs leaving the building, its residents, and nearly half the block in a sea of devastation. Somehow, some way, firefighters are able to recover only a small handful of critically injured survivors. Except one... Her... Something happened, the energy found a home inside of her and unlike any other being, she was unharmed by it. Her life however... Not so much.
It's been a year since the events and not a single day in Alexis' life has ever been normal. It is filled with daily tests and observations to keep track of her health and the energy's presence while researching a way to get it out of her. Somewhat effective, special gloves were designed by Mikoshi to better contain the energy in her hands as even the touch of her finger to another person could result in death by its electric effects.
Alexis finds herself alone, unable to school, unable to work, unable to see her family, and perhaps the worst of all, unable to love another. Little does she know, she isn't the only person afflicted by this curse... And one day she will have to either learn to use the energy or face a fate far worse than death.
In a story filled with love, action and mystery how can one girl survive on her own unknowing that she is the one who decides the fate of the world.
Subject 23 has lived and trained in the facility for all her life. It's all she's ever known.
So every Subject developing their own special ability-a Gift-is normal. Avoiding the attention of the staff without Gifts, fearing them, hating them, is second-nature.
It doesn't help that she herself is the only Ungifted Subject left at the facility.
But what isn't normal is that weekly for the past six months, a Subject has been taken from the facility and killed. No one-not the doctors nor the soldiers-can find a clue as to the murderer. When Subject 23's closest friend is taken, she swears vengeance, consumed by rage.
But what if she's no match?
What if she's taken next?
As secrets unfold and 23 is thrust into unimaginable places, she's forced to question all she's believed about Ungifteds-about herself. For the first time, 23 must decide on her own what future she wants, but could it possibly be with other Ungifteds?