Matthew tries to protect his family by selling bibles (one of the banned books of literature) on the black market in exchange for credit in the form of a swipe card which he hides under his glove to stop anyone suspecting he has not been implanted. His wife, Mary, takes care of the children and tries to convert others to turn against the government in an attempt to create a revolution. The family are Christians who believe that taking this implant is in a direct violation on the Holy Bible and refer it as the mark, referenced in chapter 13 of the Bible Book of Revelation.
Their lives takes a major turn when Matthew is accused of betraying his terrorist colleagues and turning them over to the F.A.T.H.E.R. The family are forced to leave the city and find refuge in the country. They are caught by Security Soldiers and taken to the World Parliament Headquarters which is based in a renovated version of Hever Castle which was partially destroyed in the war.
Matthew is accosted by the manager of the Anti-Terrorist unit — an extroverted beautiful woman named Lydia — who plans to distract Matthew and encourage him to take the implant. Soon he takes it and learns the exciting advantages of the microchip but forgets his family and his morals as he begins an affair. He leads a group of agents and soldiers across the country seeking out terrorists and forcing them to be microchipped.
Mary is taken to Heaven, a factor of female workers who have not taken the microchip. Her role is to market the mark to Christians so as to encourage them to take it themselves. She pretends to comply but in the meantime, starts a campaign with her room mate—an excitable young woman named Lydia— and manage to cut the electricity in the building through short-circuiting some equipment. She is regularly encouraged to ‘Upgrade’ to a butterfly which means she would be given the microchip and set free.
Thomas is first enticed to become a soldier but when they discover he has no mark, they torture him and accuse him of being a terrorist and a spy. Through the help of his aunt—a covert agent for the resistance working at the World Parliament names Megan—and the sudden power cut created by Mary, he is able to escape. He finds his way to Dover (under Megan’s advice) and there finds a group of people called Eden. They are afraid of outsiders but soon grow to trust Thomas who tries to raise them up to be revolutionists against the new world order.
Adriel is taken to a youth training facility where she is witnessed to corporal punishment and trained to be a soldier by Jack—a military-trained older boy—who befriends her. Adriel learns the benefits of the microchip and quickly signs up to this new way of life. She is finally trained by Commander Franks and told that anyone without the microchip is a terrorist. She questions whether her family are terrorists.
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