The world is new and no one is quiet sure they like it. When two teenage kids learn a way to outsmart a extremely complex system they become just another ant in the colony that New World is out to get, but the boy, Parker, is determined to end this constant battle. He and his girl friend and some friends they meet along the way all fight to save them and their loved ones from the New Worlds rein, but each day the constant question of who will survive to see this battles' aftermath is asked.
-'It's us against the world.'
Jack is een vijftienjarige jongen met verscherpte zintuigen en de gave om de tijd te manipuleren. Zijn docent geschiedenis weet hier meer van. Maar is hij te vertrouwen? En hoe verandert deze gave Jacks leven? Zijn er meer mensen met gaven als die van Jack?