1 | IN WHICH NICK SPENDS HIS LAST NIGHT AS A GENIUS

16 year old Nicholas Briggs lives in the 4900s, in a Society in which talent is seen as a threat. The government has carefully worked to manage the community to ensure that everyone is equal. Having anyone with special abilities in the community would throw off this man-made equilibrium. This is bad news because Nick is not normal but rather extraordinary. He is a gifted student with a brilliant mind. His parents had taught Nick to blend in from a young age. But after a traumatic event opens Nick's eyes to how oppressive society has become, he forms a group of rebels that call themselves the Individuals to wage war against Society and the so-called Equalizers.