Jake Lukin, eighteen, is careful to look like a normal teenage guy, but he let his guard down. His secret power--the ability to "tunnel" into someone's psyche, seeing where they are and what they are feeling, when handling a personal object of theirs--makes him very useful to the government, who have threatened his mother and sister unless he works for them. His crush, Rachel, points out to him that the good guys may not be as good as he thinks. Together, Jake and Rachel try to escape both the good guys and the bad, seeking for a way to live life on their own terms.