JakeFoleyisacomputertechnicianfortheNSAwhosecretlylongsforachancetoworkonthefield.Circumstanceputshiminatopsecretlaboratory,inthemiddleofashootoutbetweensecurityguardsandasaboteur.Duringthebattle,avialcontaininganexperimentalserumexplodes,coveringJakewithshrapnel.Butitturnsoutthattheserumisactuallynanomites,microscopicsubmachinesthathealhisinjuriesandalterhisbody.Upondiscoveringhisnewmind-bogglingpowers,Jakebeginstooperateatanatomiclevel,possessingsuperhumanstrength,lightning-fastspeed,heightenedhearing,magnifiedvisionandtheabilitytocommunicatetelepathicallywithcomputers.TheNSAsoonrealizesJakeisanuntestedassetandformsaSpecialOpsteamwithhimatitscore.AsJakefinallyrealizeshisdreamofbeingofbeingafieldoperative,hemustalsocontendwiththereturnofwould-begirlfriendSarahHeywood,whoisinvolvedinaCongressionalinvestigationwhichthreatenstoexposehisoperation.