Twenty years ago, rifts tore open the world, and 5% of humanity awakened superhuman abilities. The rest became fuel. Cole Brennan was born into the rest, powerless, disposable, nobody. Then a pendant left behind by his missing parents helped him activate a system no one has ever seen. Now he's walking into the elite academy in the country, surrounded by prodigies who want him gone. They have no idea what he's holding. Neither do the people who made his parents disappear.