Set in our modern-day real world, Ex Machina tells the story of civil engineer Mitchell Hundred, who becomes Americas first living, breathing superhero after a strange accident gives him amazing powers. Eventually tiring of risking his life merely to help maintain the status quo, Mitchell retires from masked crime-fighting and runs for Mayor of New York City, winning by a Set in our modern-day real world, Ex Machina tells the story of civil engineer Mitchell Hundred, who becomes Americas first living, breathing superhero after a strange accident gives him amazing powers. Eventually tiring of risking his life merely to help maintain the status quo, Mitchell retires from masked crime-fighting and runs for Mayor of New York City, winning by a landslide But Mayor Hundred has to worry about more than just budget problems and an antagonistic governor, especially when a mysterious hooded figure begins assassinating plow drivers during the worst snowstorm in the citys history Suggested For Mature Readers.