All his life, his parents taught him: it’s important to think clearly and under no circumstances stand out. You have to be like everyone else, be a mediocrity. The moment Will West broke this commandment once, his entire world started to wobble. His father was kidnapped, and his mother turned into a monster. When he went to the Center for gifted children, he hoped to find a safe place where he could make sense of everything crushing him. But frightening events kept chasing him—and now Will must figure out who attacked his parents and what the Paladin is protecting.