Brilliant medical student Elias Vance dies on a mountain, only to be resurrected by his genius father, Dr. Julian Vance, as a revolutionary cyborg fueled by A.I. and synthetics. Waking up stronger but emotionally detached, Elias is a volatile secret under his father's control. His isolation is shattered when he meets Aspen Reid, a tenacious investigative journalist who sees the man beneath the machine. As their powerful romance deepens, they are drawn into a deadly conflict of corporate espionage and ethical warfare. Elias fights his synthetic programming and his father's control to protect Aspen, while she risks everything to uncover the dangerous truth about the man she loves a truth that could expose him and destroy their lives.