Marine Corps veteran Brick Borden thinks he's landed the job of a lifetime: just drive a van and bring home a fortune. He should've listened to his mother when she said that, if something sounds too good to be true, it is. Brick soon discovers that he's gotten caught up in a scheme to deliver highly advanced artificial intelligence known as Pets to the ultra-rich. But these are no mere robots. They think, feel, love, and hurt just like humans do.

​

To right the wrongs he's enabled and set the Pets free, he'll need help. For this, he turns to the reclusive, cybernetically augmented Kat Rowan. Together, they'll have to elude airstrikes and assassins. But for Kat, the greatest danger comes from much too close to home.