Marvin, a hardworking man burdened by financial stress and personal doubts, finds himself at the center of a rapidly changing society where automation replaces human workers, artificial intelligence reshapes relationships, and surveillance encroaches on privacy.

As Space Port One, orbiting Earth, finishes its first ring and begins rotating to create artificial gravity, the media attack on Earth cuts the crew in space off from supplies.

A future where robots replace human hair stylists, causing many salons to close down. New autonomous robot-operated hair salons open, offering a wide range of beauty services. Lynx, a stylist featured on The Ultimate Makeover Challenge, becomes one of the famous beauticians cloned through deep learning and available for selection on kiosk screens. In the fourth year, Lynx's contract with Biotic is completed, and she struggles to find work without being recorded by robots.

In a world ravaged by a catastrophic storm, a daring hacker named Tessa finds herself imprisoned in a maximum-security facility. With the world in chaos and the prison on the brink of collapse, Tessa must use her extraordinary skills to not only escape but also to restore the internet and communication systems that have been destroyed.

It's 2052, and Tessa is at a street festival in Pittsburgh with her friend Brenda. The city has been transformed for the night. Tessa is busy mentally reverse-engineering all of it, finding the mechanics behind the magic. Then the scene cuts. When Tessa opens her eyes again, it's seven years later. She's in a room she doesn't recognize. Tessa is dead. Or her original body is. What's running now is something else — a digital version of her mind, brought back online inside a simulation.