At Alderport Harbor Prep, hockey captain Whit Sloane is forced to share both the ice and an apartment with Tobin Keene, the rival whose disputed championship goal still haunts him. When a mysterious 0.8-second anomaly resurfaces, the two discover CLEARICE, an AI sports system manipulating player data, rink conditions, and game outcomes. Their investigation exposes athlete surveillance, predictive experiments, and a hidden betting operation. As the system targets them and tests their choices under pressure, rivalry turns into trust, loyalty, and a forbidden romance. Whit and Tobin must decide whether to protect their hockey futures or expose the machine controlling them.
