Six years ago, Adam Stanton found a legendary hacker "RoyR" in the Darknet. Now, at twenty, Adam transfers to the Moscow N.E.T. cyber-police branch to work with his idol. But his ideals shatter: Royr Grigoryev is an insufferable, cynical anarchist. Forced into an alliance, the new partners face a high-stakes cyber-warfare campaign and a dark legacy secret: Project ARN.