Harold is an aimless 21-year-old college student who doesn't know what to do with the rest of his life. A suspicious job recruiter, Dr. Smith, convinces Harold that he has the natural talent to work at a quirky research firm in New Mexico. While Harold uncovers a clandestine organization responsible for some of history's biggest scientific breakthroughs, his research team blindly pursues wild innovations. Harold learns he needs to hurt the ones he loves the most in order to save them all from impending doom.