Following a decade-long world war caused by the creation of technology called implants (nano-biotes that enhance the human system).
The country of Lanaj remains the only safe and advanced economy and they do so by making implant-wielding a high crime.
The main character, Darke, and his eight friends; Banks, Danny, Red, Aato, Jake, Destiny, Baxe, and Angel, are in Lanaj City celebrating Darke's birthday when a mysterious man drugs them.
The next day, they discover they have implants, and like the naive teenagers they are, they decide to keep this secret to themselves until one of them exposes it.
The sci-fi novel series follows many unfortunate events that the teenagers are forced to deal with while developing into complex characters.