Andrew Myers, a teenage video game aficionado, discovers that a new game Polybius is more than a game.

The NSA's chief analyst, Bob, is suffering psychiatric issues and the government calls in an Army therapist, Jane Lee, to help him. However, she discovers that Bob is a very unique patient.

Video gamer Val Hernandez uses an illicit drug to win a competition... and blanks out for 12 years. When she awakens, Val discovers that the world has gone to hell and she's not the person everyone thought.