Thomas Taylor is a young English man born with a special gift: he can see people's auras. After having his childhood hints of this rejected even by his parents, he began to hide it from the outside world. But one day, he meets a strange and terrifying stranger and his life is in danger. Everything around him is turned upside down: his flight from his seemingly unworldly pursuer takes him to previously unknown places and among other strangers. His newfound friends show him a fantastic new purpose in life, one that, if he accepts, he will have to give up his old life completely.
Will Thomas be able to die for the outside world and his family in order to live and fight the alien forces exploiting the people of his home planet?