Marcus, a.k.a "w1n5t0n," is only seventeen years old, but he
figures he already knows how the system works and how to
work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the
networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high
school's intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems. But his
whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves
caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San
Francisco.
In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew
are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and
whisked away to a secret prison where they're mercilessly
interrogated for days. When the DHS finally releases them,
Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state
where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist.
He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves
him only one option: to take down the DHS himself.