Jon Coulter thought he had everything in life, great grades in his double major, a girl he wanted to marry, a family who loved him and more friends than he could count. But sometimes a perfect life can be too good to be true. After his parents are killed in a suspicious car accident, Jon travels to his aunt and uncle's house in the middle of Nebraska. There he accidentally turns on his father's mysterious fusion reactor prototype. Now those most dear to Jon loathe him. While running from the police, who believe he is responsible for his parents' deaths and teaming up with an estranged biological father he never knew existed, Jon must fix the device and pray his world can be returned to normal.