Adam has never felt as though he belonged in the little commune nestled in a back corner of the megacity. Life is easy enough. He is respected and admired, but his own sense of purpose eludes him. When he and a group of scavers - the provision gatherers of the commune - break down the door to corridor fifty-eight in search of more supplies, they unwittingly release a horde of creatures that attacks the commune. Adam goes on the run and is rescued by a pair of scientists that reveal the truth about the megacity, the creatures, and, to his shock, the role that he specifically must play to...