Synopsis

Sixteen years ago, the world was nearly brought to it’s knees by an ambitions experiment gone awry. The first great advance in Bio-intelligence. The program was born with man-made cells – living code, designed to    learn and evolve and serve our growing needs – and it was quickly becoming Conscious. Without warning, the program spread beyond the top-secret confines of the laboratory. Every screen on earth flashed in unison with it’s haunting image. Every wire screamed with terrible frequency. And then? Nothing. The ghost was either imprisoned in, or it had fled, the Machine.

It’s now 2012. A young invalid named JACOB is hidden away at a remote mountain orphanage, rendered helpless from a rare and lifelong neuromuscular condition. On his 16th birthday, a mysterious scientist arrives and informs the boy’s foster family that Jacob has been chosen as the special recipient of a one-of-a-kind neural implant. After a short but traumatic procedure, Jacob is miraculously walking, talking, and experiencing the physical world for the first time. But more than this: he can now download information directly into his brain from any wireless signal he encounters.

Soon after, Jacob experiences haunting ‘visions’ of a terrifying Intelligence – something alive the computerized world. And then, in one fell swoop, his home and family are destroyed in a ball of explosive fire from an unmarked helicopter. Now on the run with his childhood friend and caretaker – the beautiful but troubled EVE – Jacob sets off on his quest for self-understanding…and for revenge.

With Eve at his side to help navigate the urban sprawl and the troubling maze of human interaction, Jacob vows to uncover the truth behind the tragedy and his visions. But shadowy military figures are hot on their trail, and with each conflict the boy’s strange ‘powers’ begin to manifest and grow exponentially. And when Jacob finally discovers the frightening revelations surrounding his origin, the tale trans- forms into Jacob’s desperate search for a greater purpose in the face of inevitable global catastrophe.

In the end, Jacob will be forced to choose between embracing his Humanity…or surrendering his existence to a power that could shatter Civilization as we know it.

The evolution of the Human spirit has not just awakened…it has RISEN.