The playboy Vishram is struggling to make it on his own as a stand-up comedian in Scotland when he is flown back to Varanasi to assume his role at Ray Power, for which he finds himself terribly ill-equipped but eventually surprisingly effective.

He learns that his company is working on harvesting zero-point energy from other universes, and sees the particle collider built by his father with the help of Odeco, a clandestine investment firm.

Lisa Durnau notices an apocalyptic crisis brewing in Alterre, a simulated evolution of earth created by AI scientist Thomas Lull, who is currently hiding in a South Indian coastal village.

He decides to follow her and protect her during her quest to find her own true identity, but it is soon revealed that Aj's powers extend beyond mere mortals, when she brings a robot army to a halt with the raise of a hand.

Tal is a beautiful nute (of neutral gender) involved in the designing team of India's greatest "soapi", Town & Country, some of the main stars of which are not human actors, but aeais.