Kai Rivers, Staying Alive! Kai Rivers enters the Sterling School of Science hoping to solve a medical mystery his own dangerous genetic problem. Hes in for a rude awakening, as the elite school imposes, a unique set of rigorous and terrifying challenges. Science and technology explode to open a portal to other dimensions, and teenagers normally struggling with being accepted now struggle furiously just to stay alive. Kai and his newfound, quirky friends learn that his curse might ultimately be a gift and a solution and terrifying.