When a rare solar eruption known as "The Flare" kills over a million people through a weird and aggressive sort of cancer, four women survive after a long and painful fight and wake up to find themselves turned into something else. Freakishly tall and incredibly strong, they no longer fit into society.
The Government hides them, gives them shelter but also studies them as they try to find ways of replicating the effect.
Nicole, not one to be ordered around, gets fed up with the situation and escapes, opening Pandora's box.