On Cameron Schultz’s tenth birthday, his world is ripped asunder. His parents are murdered, and a voice begins communicating with him telepathically.

 

As these events unfold, Cameron is taken in by a mysterious man named Jack Foster. Cameron soon learns that Foster is the leader of an underground organization dedicated to training “Gifted” children. The gifts these children possess, however, extend well beyond art, math, and science.

 

Thus begins a journey of discovery for Cameron as he tries to discover the identity of his parents’ assassin, make sense of the voice inside his head, and understand the complexities of a war he’s been dragged into, all the while coping with the fiery gift that begins to radiate within him.