Lloyd Salt is a child prodigy in the care of a secretive branch of the C.I.A. that raises and trains child geniuses for the greater good of the country. For Lloyd, that is a family business as his mother and father are both trained agents. He now faces a test that all thirteen year olds in the system must complete before advancing further. a real life situation of emergency. His "term of stay" would consist of being sent on a mission with a supervisor to observe how he deals with a problem in a specific area and assignment.

However nothing goes like Lloyd had imagined. With each situation comes further mystery as Lloyd becomes aware of the undisclosed intentions of this mission. He uncovers an ancient truth that threatens to spiral all civilization as we know it to its knees, and destroy all inhabitants of Earth.