Alter egos are a complicated thing. How do you know which one is really you? Carson Lauritz can't tell if he's really the forgettable white collar drone he pretends to be, or the superhuman quasi-hero, Shield Shifter: his costumed alter ego. He, along with Group 23, a team of other heroes, help protect the world from misplaced power. It's an important job, as Shift's discovered, and it's fun as hell.