Alex Donner is your typical college student. While studying for his midterms, he suddenly finds himself in a rather classy hotel lobby.

Realizing that he is not dreaming, not alone and not wearing pants, he and the ninety-nine other young adult men and women from around the world are confronted with a test, where their entire world hangs in the balance.

The System has reckognized that Earth's Humans are potential candidates for Ascendancy. In order to achieve Ascendance, the one hundred 'players' are now faced with the trails of the System. They, and those that will follow, must complete the game in order for the Human race to survive.

Will Alex and the other 'Players' save their world or will human nature lead them down the path of ruin?