It's the mid-twenty-first century and Michelle "Mac" Mackenzie has a set of specialized skills that she uses as an employee of Obermeyer Institute (OI) to help those in trouble. The OI trains humans with the right potential to integrate their brain function to unleash the brain's hidden power (including empathy, telekinesis, precognition, and healing, among others). Currently, they are trying to understand the effects of Destiny, an instantly addictive drug that ignites an individual's brain potential but can quickly drive them insane before killing them. Mac's work is dangerous and she's found that she can heal herself much more quickly with sexual intimacy (in spite of the OI's recommendation to remain celibate). When she gets home to discover her boyfriend has moved out Mac heads to a bar.

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