All his life, Laz has relied on a secret, incredible power. He is a side-stepper, able to jump his consciousness into alternate versions of himself across parallel worlds. Whenever he makes a mistake, a quick side-step fixes everything. But his perfect escape route shatters the day he wakes up in a sterile cloning facility on a completely abandoned Earth. Surrounded by hundreds of dead clones, Laz realizes the horrifying truth: he is just a copy of his original self. The vibrant, bustling world he remembers from yesterday is gone, replaced by a barren, unforgiving wasteland. The burning question isn't why he was created, but who woke him up, and for what dark purpose? His only glimmer of hope is another clone, a girl who is still alive but trapped in a deep sleep. Laz knows she holds the answers, but waking her means dragging her into his nightmare. For the first time, Laz is facing a terrifying reality he cannot simply side-step.