Breanna Perry had a relatively simple life before the night she almost died.

She went to work. Okay, she worked at San Quentin as a psychiatrist. She had a nice apartment. Okay, it was a studio in San Francisco that cost a fortune. She had romance. Okay, she had an ex-husband, and a love interest who gave her conflicting messages. And she had her family.

But all that changed when Cormac O’Shea walked into her ICU room and asked her one question: Do you want to live? Since then, Breanna’s life has been turned upside down.

At least Cassius Teran was there for her. Cassius, with his brooding personality and strange abilities; Cassius, who stood beside her when Clyde Barrow tried to blow up the BART station. But since her relationship with Derek Thorpe has progressed, Cassius has removed himself from her life.

Now Breanna has to face a future knowing that all those she loves are going to die before her. She also has to learn how to control her growing power. Until Lachlan MacGregor enters the picture and paints a future where she could have the power to do ultimate good for humanity.

It’s a seductive thought, but as Lord Acton said, “Power tends to corrupt; but absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Can Breanna resist the temptation to change the world?