On an Earth very like our own where people, known as Exemplars, who have extraordinary abilities fight their villainous counterparts, called Aberrants, to keep Earth and its people safe, it is the government agency known as AEGIS' duty to protect the general population and keep heroes from stepping over the line. When a series of growing threats rise out of the shadows will AEGIS and it's exemplar allies be able to keep the darkness at bay or will humanity fall before the onslaught of this new threat?