The Initiation (The Five, Book 1)

The town of Addison Hollows, Oregon has a secret: five of their teenagers harness immense and uncontrollable powers locked inside of them unlike anything in this world—the kind of power that could bring down the destruction of the universe—and they don’t even know it yet.

With this great power, it's only a matter of time before such destruction begins to unravel: Veronica Blackwell, the terrifying school queen bee, can create enough wind power to start a scale-six hurricane with her mind. Timid, easygoing Julian Goodale throws the ocean out of wack and starts a tsunami on the coastal rim of Africa after a tough day at school one day. Witty Phoebe Frey can summon the dead and see, hear, and feel them as if they're really there. Overachiever Samantha Coven, class president, valedictorian and only hope for a cure for cancer, grows plants out of thin air; out of practically anything, really. And Alex Lancaster, resident bad boy and walking emotionless robot, can set anything he wants on fire, if he wants it bad enough—or not bad at all.

These seemingly-normal, small town teenagers are the strongest, most unstable beings on the face of the universe with powers that are unimaginable to the human brain. The kids of Addison Hollows aren't just normal kids; they make up The Five, an original guardianship built to even the balance of the powers of the earth and keep humans safe from demonic forces. But how can these five kids learn to master the heavenly elements when they can't even memorize the periodic table?