It's 2125 and aliens live among us on earth. They are Verndari - the defenders.

At the turn of the 22nd century they came, with solutions for world hunger and disease and with ground-breaking technology beyond anything mankind could ever imagine, but they are not what they seem.

Five years earlier, in January 2120, Officer Danielle Almonzo, of the New Atlantis police department finds herself at ground zero of the worst terrorist attack in her nation's history. When the multi-domed structure that keeps the Atlantic Ocean from devouring the aquatic city begins to shatter, she loses all that she loves in the ensuing tragedy. In an effort to escape her painful past, she joins New York City's finest. As a pivotal member of an elite team of NYPD detectives, and with a few unexpected and remarkable allies, she begins a journey that will lead to her uncovering an unbelievable truth. And to renewed faith...and to love...without limits.