In the beginning, there was Genesis. The first hero. Creator of the Beacon program, and the man behind its motto: Carry the Torch. Sixty years after the program's inception, Gray is trying to become one of its newest initiates. One of only 400 people in a country of 300 million accepted to one of the universities with a Beacon program this year. But with an underwhelming Gift, and lackluster physical talents, Gray has to leverage his most prominent advantage to win entrance into the school of his dreams; his mind.