 On being transferred to the "polity" in which the program is being held, he discovers that he has been given the body of a woman, Reeve.As the experiment unfolds, she begins to suspect that all is not what it seems, and that the founders of the experiment are engaged in a very sinister conspiracy.Slowly, she realizes that her role is not as clear-cut as she originally thought, which leads her to question, and then struggle against the program.