Ramona Pinkwater has had the ability to control fire with her mind since she was seventeen. Two years later she is living with a group of people who also possess supernatural abilities, or powers. But when a boy begins to grow stronger than anyone ever imagined possible and begins to question authority, trouble ensues. Can Ramona and her companions with powers prevent the rise of a malevolent force looking to destroy all who oppose him? Or will everything fall to ruin and will the world collapse around them?