Soren Legreve has not had a "normal life" but it was normal enough until he found his guardian and Uncle Burnt to death in the woods near his home. Now he has no home, and nowhere to go, and an organization known as Mantis is after him for his unique abilities. Then he is thrown into a world where kids have crazy powers and locked in a battle between those who ran away, and those who chose to stay.

From underground fights to battling the creatures of nightmares, Nadia's life takes quite a turn when she's dragged into a world she'd been hidden from her entire life. A world that makes you take a second look to make sure your shadow wasn't moving, to flip the mirrors before you sleep and to carry a pouch of salt. It shows you how quickly your values of right and wrong can change to fit your needs. But what do monsters fear, how do they keep their young in line? They tell them stories of cruel heartless warriors. Tales of how they slaughtered entire races without lifting a finger or batting and eye, stories of them driving men mad with a single kiss. Apparently she wasn't as human as she thought. Apparently they told stories of her. Stories of the replacements.