Isaac Halden has always seemed just a little bit off to everyone. Start from his personality, a loner and night owl most commonly noted for excellent grades, long library nights and uncanny practical jokes, and look at the few eccentrics he calls friends, and you've got quite the peculiar character. Strange dreams and stranger occurrences begin to lead him into the supernatural, and it he'll soon have to choose his allegiance:Loyalty to his friends, or loyalty to his new-found family. As a parting gift for her graduation, one Samirah Long, a product of inherited aristocracy and easily one of the most popular girls in the school, holds an extravagant autumn ball, inviting the upper crust of the academia to attend. When the mysterious hostess even more mysteriously goes missing suddenly, Isaac may find out thay he's in for more than he bargained for...