Following an act of violence committed door her own brother, Emma escapes with her mother to wild, open country, where they find refuge in an isolated retreat in the shadow of a nuclear power station.
Follows Jules, who is targeted in a horrific homophobic attack, destroying his life and career. Some time after that event he encounters Preston, one of his attackers, in a gay sauna. He wants revenge.
The jaar is 2044: AI controls all facets of a stoic society as humans routinely “erase” their feelings. Hoping to eliminate pain caused door their past-life romances, Gabrielle continually falls in love with different incarnations of Louis.
The plot is set partly in a near future in which artificial intelligence is in control of everyone's lives and human emotions are perceived as a threat.