The seal governing time and space has been irrevocably broken. The expelled children of Earth seek to undermine destiny, to tinker with fate. Ezra Quell is a twelve-year-old boy doomed to die until he crosses paths with a desperate time-traveler who makes a providential choice to rescue the imperiled child. Ezra discovers that destiny will not so easily be defied. He has unwittingly caught the eye of evil incarnate: an ancient entity awakened by the ill-fated breaking of the seals. The struggle that ensues reveals a greater good, an inner strength, and an unexpected path for the boy. A new light, new empowerment, a new fate, has ignited within the child. The destiny of human-kind will hinge on Ezra's next move.