How It All Goes Down
Titus lives in a near-future version of America, where science has advanced far enough to allow touristy space travel and about 70% of the population has what is called "the feed," an advanced form of the Internet combined with every social networking site you can possibly imagine—all implanted directly into people's heads. It's as much a part of these people as their arms, legs, lungs, or smartphone.
During a spring break trip to the moon (yawn), Titus meets Violet, a super-hot, super-cool unette (that's the fem. form of "unit," or "person"). Taking a liking to our guy, Violet decides to hang at the moon resort with Titus and friends Marty, Link, Calista, Loga, and Quendy. While getting in some hot lunar dancing action at a hipster hangout called The Rumble Spot, a weird old guy, who's a member of a shadowy underground revolutionary organization called The Coalition of Pity, hacks the feeds of Titus and his friends. Way to spoil a fun moon trip, weird old guy.
After getting fixed up in the hospital, Titus and his friends return to Earth, and life goes back to normal. Which, for these kids, mainly means attending SchoolTM, which is about as academically rigorous as it sounds, and partying. As Titus and Violet flit from party to party, we learn more about Titus' world: the environment's pretty much shot, people are getting weeping sores from some kind of unexplained pollution, most of the animals are gone, and people are—well, let's just say that critical thinking is no longer a priority.
Oh, and did we mention that the United States is about to face down some creepy worldwide organization called The Global Alliance so they can annex the moon and get clear of all the South American villages they've covered with toxic black sludge? Yeah.
Like teenagers everywhere, Titus and his friends ignore most of these current events in favor of partying—right until we find out that there's something seriously wrong with Violet's feed. Unlike the other kids, she had her feed installed when she was seven years old instead of at birth, which apparently means that fixing it will cost money that Violet and her dad just do not have.
In the meantime, Violet tries to subvert the corporations by messing with them and trying to stay "invisible" to the feed. She doesn't want them to be able to profile her in order to sell her products (LOL good luck), so she goes on a false shopping spree, asking about products she has no intention of buying—like a super-powerful searchlight to be mounted on her belly.
Of course, this all backfires one night at a party. Violet's feed malfunctions, she shouts out some unforgivable accusations at Titus' friends, collapses, and is temporarily hauled off to the hospital. Violet's illness kind of freaks Titus out—this is just all too serious for him now, and he tries to disconnect from her. As one last attempt to make things right, Titus goes away to a mountain cabin with her, where it's clear Violet wants some special alone time with him. It goes really badly, and Titus instead ends up breaking up with her.
Free of the freaky weird girl, Titus starts dating Quendy. The next time he sees Violet, she's totally braindead and can't speak or move. Somehow, this gets Titus to let his guard down, and he finally connects with Violet on a deeper level, telling her stories about herself, what he's been up to, and the small fragments of current events that he knows. It's almost like he becomes her Feed.