"They were just kids with the same problems as anyone. Victor Stone's mother wouldn't stop pushing him to be more than who he is. Tara Markov's mom couldn't tell you a thing about her daughter if her life depended on it. Joey Wilson was drawing further away from his peers every day, into a self-imposed world of silence. And Gar Logan had everything he could want, except the answer to what was happening to him...something that would happen to them all. In a day, their worlds shattered. Vic's skin became hard as metal. Tara's anger shook the world--literally. Gar began to lose himself in the minds of every passing animal--no longer a boy, but a beast. Worse still, their parents changed. Masks started to slip. The people who claimed to love them...had been monsters all along? And then the visions began, of a world that was not their own, and a girl who'd lost everything, a girl who needed their help to survive. They aren't just kids anymore...but what are they? Who are they?" -- back cover.