"We were once human. But now we’re not sure. There was a time we were called American before the government started experimenting on young children with HIV. The experimenting started soon after the Vietnam war and was a well kept secret until they were successful and decided all Americans should be extraordinary. This is no longer the United States of America. Welcome to Potentem." When he woke up that morning, his name was Number 4, but after the exam he is named Seth which means Appointed. Soon enough, Seth is given a destiny and a burden he never asked for. Separated from his only family and thrown into a world with rules, foreign faces and a mysterious red-headed girl, Seth must figure out who he can trust and who he can't. Freedom is an illusion that walks hand in hand with death.