A dwindling race of ancients, called the Dar, live on Earth in different geo-magnectic Zones. Each Zone has a unique electromagnetic frquency that is attuned to the Dar living within. If the Dar leave their Zone, they die. But the Zones have become unstable and are shrinking, rising, falling, mutating--making survival more and more difficult.

Talon is the leader of the Dar, and lives in Zone 27 in the center of New York City. Because Zone 27 is shrinking and has risen 150 feet above sea level, all the ancients must live high above the streets in the labyrinthine rooftop jungles. Talon lives in a modified watertower called Roc's Nest. His wife, Paris, lives apart from him in the adjacent Zone 26. As the two Zones pull farther apart, so increases their separation and their desperation to find a way to be together again.

Talon's enemy is Spere, also a resident of Zone 27. They are in a technology race to create ever more advanced weapons and machines to help defeat each other and to survive the ever-mutating and dangerous Zones. Both Talon and Spere are assisted by their Tech Lords who toil in the rooftop Tech Labs. Talon's specially designed Zone Equipment includes Zone Gloves, Goggles, Zone Suit, and Wave Rider Belt, which are linked to the computer banks in Roc's Nest.