Having joined the Accelerati in order to save his father and brother, Nick Slate finds himself living in luxury under the patronage of none other than Thomas Edison, leader of the Accelerati. Edison is also blackmailing Nick into finding and assembling the last three and most-powerful components of Tesla's greatest invention. With it, the Accelerati will be able to control the world--but Nick's biggest worry is that he may come to like being a part of the evil organization.