Three-year-old Akili represents the next step in human evolution. He can perceive patterns and predict future events better than most supercomputers, and is capable of manipulating grand-scale events like pieces on a chess board. And yet, for all that power, Akili has the emotional maturity of a child --- which might make him the most dangerous threat humanity has ever faced. American soldier, Jonathan Yeager, leads an international team of elite operatives deep into the heart of the Congolese jungle under Presidential orders to destroy this threat to humanity. Yeager finds himself caught between following his orders and saving a creature with a hidden agenda, who plans to either save humanity as we know it --- or destroy it.