In 2040 Kerry Tracker, a newly qualified teacher is appointed to oversee a US high school production of Romeo & Juliet: a tall order, the 10th grade kids in the cast previously caused an emotional meltdown in the android teacher originally assigned to the task. Moreover, the 15 year old rebel ringleader is the daughter of the man whose company supplies all the AI resources in the school.

When a suspicious death takes place in the school and special agent Floyd Linton from Homeland Security pursues the investigation into what happened, the plays story of young love and social division unfolds against a background of political intrigue as human beings and androids discover themselves through the process of putting on Shakespeares timeless masterpiece.