Hundreds of years from now, Los Angeles is one of the last megacities on a dying Earth. Most humans have left, and the streets are filthy with illegal tech and experimental drugs.

But LAPD detective Alex Garson has a problem. He just discovered he's not human. He's a Sim designed to be a cop, and his partner was just murdered by the mega-city's most notorious drug dealer, Domino "Big Rig" Wrigley.

Wrigley has been flooding the streets with Life-ly, a brand-new drug that makes Sims feel human. As if being a print job wasn't bad enough, Detective Garson doesn't have a choice. He is programmed to do his job to find "Big Rig" and avenge his partner, unless he finds a way to override his programming and kill himself.