In a world where some people have special powers called Paragons, Alex, who has no powers at all, is trying to figure out where he fits in. His dad, John, is very sick, and the only chance for a cure is a dangerous, secret project named Project Genesis.
Desperate to help, Alex goes to find Dr. Anya Petrova, the main scientist working on Project Genesis. He finds a secret lab and learns about a special creature called a symbiont, which is a weird liquid that can give powers to people like him. There was an accident, and the symbiont is thought to be gone.
But Dr. Petrova tells Alex something surprising – the symbiont might still be out there..