Few expected that the great pharmaceutical tycoon, Alastair O'Sullivan, would be found dead in his home, murdered by a bullet to the head. Inspector Howard Harrison, on the other hand, was even less expecting to find the first perfect android ever created in the old man's residence.His name is Isaac.Eternal youth, beauty, life, limitless intelligence and, above all, blind obedience. When Howard decides to take him under his wing and welcome him into his dysfunctional family, his son Sean, an anti-technology activist, is determined to get rid of this human-looking monster.