What happens when your inventions change the world?

They try to take them. Then they take you down.

David and Jean Reese are the ultimate power couple. Between her groundbreaking work in cryogenics and his advancements in nanotechnology, they are turning Omni into the most successful tech company in the world. Better yet, as they juggle their new roles as parents with their highly competitive contracts, they have never been happier.

But for each step forward, there is someone ready with a tripwire.International competitors covet their advancements. Government spies ferret for weaknesses. Omni itself pushes them to the brink. The world stage is tense and hungry for advantage—and blood. Beginning to fear for their lives, David and Jean know they must protect their technology from falling into the wrong hands, and, most important of all, protect their genius son, Carlton, from the fallout.

Faced with decisions darker and more heartbreaking than they can imagine, the fate of their research is left in young Carlton’s hands. And Carlton won’t let his parents’ legacy fall to ruin—no matter the consequences.

Born with his mother’s fierce intelligence and his father’s insatiable curiosity, Carlton uncovers an incredible secret buried in a happenstance encounter in his father’s lab. Drawing connections between his parents’ research, Carlton has all the pieces he needs to take the world farther than it has ever been before . . . even beyond this galaxy.