When everyone is against you, it's tough being a Lifeliner, as Nash Bannon found out. Lifeliners are ordinary people…almost. They draw energy from others; they live longer and are smarter. Will homo sapiens be replaced by homo renata within ten generations? Protest marches by extremist groups, attacks against Lifeliners and repressive laws enacted by governments everywhere are portents of a dark future, and Nash does not like what's going on. Unless lifeliners rise up and fight for their rights, they can expect sterilization, incarceration, and possible extermination as democracies everywhere turn into autocracies. To survive, the Lifeliner Party must employ the same dirty tricks the government used against them.