October 2016; 11-year old Seth Gauthier has been in and out of five different foster care homes, all of which he's left with people dead, injured or mad. Lucas Hark, a social worker in-training, worries for the life of Seth's new foster caretaker, a young woman named Helena Catalano. However, there is more than meets the eye with Helena, a known expert at handling troubled kids, and something much more powerful than either he or Seth can predict.