Teenager Kris Mahrone discovers her mother, who recently separated from her father, has been moonlighting as Northberg’s latest superhero–Pink Punch. When Pink is caught in an explosion, placing her in a coma, Kris puts on Pink’s power-armour, and continues her mother’s investigations into TechCorp. Meanwhile, the Boss, CEO of TechCorp, considers Pink’s suit her property, and wants it back. Kris’ father, a detective on the Vigilante Crimes Unit, not only has no love of vigilantes, but now holds Pink Punch responsible for his wife’s coma. And he’s more than willing to become the guinea pig for Techcorp’s newest power-armour, designed to be a match for Pink Punch, punch for punch.

Rebecca is tired of her job in the City. The System’s rules don’t allow asking too many questions and she’s close to losing her job. Then she meets Jason Gray, who tells her she’s a Controller. She has the ability to control machinery with her mind, and he needs her talents for a very specific task. At first, Rebecca scoffs. But when her apartment is attacked by a machine called a Peacekeeper, she loses her job and all her shares, and finds herself hunted by the cops and a Controller called Valerie Chase, she has no choice but to follow Jason to the world Below.

Below, Rebecca discovers her life in the City has been a bubble of security. She knew nothing of the massive mines and burnt-out workers who live there, managed by System Controllers who’ll wipe out a village at the first hint of production loss. And amongst all this: Jason, his resistance fighters, and their warship Leviathan.

Jason says Rebecca’s talents are ‘special’, that he needs them for an important task. But the man is slow to reveal exactly what this task is. After being misinformed her entire life, can Rebecca trust Jason’s mission will make a difference for those living Below? It’s starting to sound like something much more personal.