Ember Manchester is convinced her life can't get any worse - after all, her ex-boyfriend tried to kill her and she's still living with the guilt of stealing a from her one-time lover, Rylan - when she's kidnapped, tied up, and thrown into the back of a van. Afraid for her life, Ember is relieved to find that her kidnappers want her to take on an extremely dangerous, top secret job. After her last life or death situation, Ember vowed to keep her head down - but she finds herself in no position to argue. With reluctance, she agrees to one final job: she's to use her hacking skills to track down a Russian syndicate that's infiltrating every sector of the United States government. If she succeeds, she'll walk away with a staggering four million dollar payday. If she fails, she'll watch as the syndicate takes down the government as she knows it. And that's just the easy part.

Rylan's obsessed with tracking down the whereabouts of his prototype - unaware that Ember is secretly behind the theft. Ember feels her relationship with Rylan crumbling as he draws nearer and nearer to discovering Ember's betrayal. Then there's Xander - a young, untested hacker barely out of high school that Ember is forced to work with. To top everything off, Rylan also hires a new member at his firm - Natasha, an attractive women that Rylan seems to be falling for. In the background lurks Seth Mathews, the dangerous hacker and one time partner of Rylan. He's been secretly pulling strings and influencing those around him for years, and he's finally decided it's time to put his master plan in motion. There are only two more unknown variables he needs to account for: Ember and Rylan. But unknown to them, Seth Mathews doesn't want them dead. On the contrary, he wants them to join his team and help him take down the world.