Gaia, a young woman born without the fear gene, struggles to understand her feelings after undergoing gene therapy to allow her to experience normal emotion.
Teenage Gaia, born without the fear gene, is unsure about Sam's feelings after their encounter in his dorm room, and when Mary is attacked and almost raped, Gaia's fearlessness becomes an asset.
Gaia, the fearless teenage daughter of an anti-terrorist agent, finds that someone wants her dead and is ready to make it happen--but Gaia wants to do one thing before she dies: have sex with Sam. If only he didn't have a girlfriend.