Teal Garrison is having a bad week. Random explosions, threatening visitors, and apocalyptic warnings from strangers are bad enough - and then his family disappears. Alone and answerless, he is left with an agonizing choice: save himself, or fight back at whoever - or whatever - is destroying his life. Teal's decision ultimately leads him to a place where more than just secrets hide, a place so terrible it has been hidden from the world for thousands of years. There he will discover he is much more than just another high school sophomore. He is mankind's only hope against the Zargansk.