Terrifying mechanical creatures guarding the border, controlled by American citizens playing a video game ... It's fiction—for now.
After a contentious election in 2048, the president puts Red Draven’s private company in charge of the American borders. Draven Labs establishes the infamous “Red Zone”—a new, perilous frontier patrolled by mechanical creatures engineered to mimic the very animals and insects of the natural world. Red Draven’s invention, Civil Watch, an online game-turned-surveillance tool, sweeps the nation. Citizen gamers become virtual patrols, guiding the terrifying machines in the Red Zone while earning money, rank, and a sense of civic pride. But when two young hackers, Aiden and Gabby, uncover a chilling truth—that Draven Labs has begun testing lethal weaponry—they realize the game and Draven’s mission have morphed into something far more sinister. They aim to dismantle Red Draven’s empire before humanity is lost forever.