A young woman vanishes. Her boyfriend searches for her obsessively, following her trail into the liminal worlds of the American Underground, where neurological technology has evolved beyond the point of recognition.

In the small Central California town where they grew up, two estranged gay brothers struggle to reconnect after the recent death of their father.

Centers on the complicated relationship between the Edwards brothers: Clark, a bipolar genius in human psychology, and Ross, a slick ex-con, who solve their clients' problems using the real science of human motivation and manipulation.