An up-and-coming amnesiac soldier is framed for the murder of the Sovereign Leader of the New World.

Now that the bulk of Defiants have been disposed of by order of the Sovereign Leader, the New World has finally come to know peace. But when a New World soldier's amnesia begins to wear off, the real truth about what the world is now begins to unravel with it. When framed for the murder of the Sovereign Leader, this young soldier must now choose who he is: A51-317, Sovereign Soldier of the New World, or Paul Wooden, Defiant. He must choose whether he can still embrace the New World knowing what he now knows or if his allegiance must shift. The choice is his: will he be Defiant?