Julia Z, once famous as a teenage “orphan hacker,” is living quietly off the grid when she’s pulled back into danger by Piers, whose artist wife Elli has been kidnapped. Unable to resist the moral pull or the technical challenge, Julia uncovers that Elli is a dream artist who creates shared, immersive dream experiences—and that she secretly provided a private dream service to a powerful criminal now holding her hostage. As Julia races to untangle the blurred lines between technology, dreams, and reality, she’s drawn into a high-stakes journey across the country and into her own fractured inner world.