Cole Forrester has been troubled since childhood by paranormal visions of people and places that don't exist in his real world. He learns to adapt to these visions but becomes afraid of intimacy lest those close to him think he's crazy. He chooses a lonesome profession as a CIA field agent. It's not until he's extracted from his current CIA mission and inserted into a higher-level parallel universe, that he realizes his visions were not imaginary—he was seeing inside the world of another, more advanced society. This universe is governed by The Federation, whose scientists are determined to learn what gives Cole the ability to see into their higher, more technologically advanced level world. Following a bewildering and lengthy orientation into his new world, Cole quickly progresses from being a "lab rat" to one of the Federation's top field agents. The Federation evolved after a global war and a near ecological disaster. To assist in climate recovery, they deployed an albedo shield to deflect the sun's rays and help lower the rising temperatures. If the shield were to suddenly collapse, the ecosystems would not have time to adjust, and the world would face another catastrophe. Fate takes our protagonist down a path of personal growth where he finds friendship and love as he deals with impending ecological disaster, covert missions, and betrayal.