Teacher is a fugitive of the law. He and his nine closest collaborators, known as Novice Orderlies, seek to change the way society thinks. The Council must find Teacher in order to rid the world of his way of thinking. But the Council is not the only one seeking to find Teacher. Mike Manna, a high school janitor, is approached after school by two strangers. According to these strangers, Teacher is in trouble. One of the Novice Orderlies is conspiring with the Council to bring Teacher to justice. However, the traitor's identity is not known. It could be any one of the nine Novice Orderlies. To make matters worse, Teacher's whereabouts are also unknown. Can Manna and the strangers find and warn Teacher before it's too late? Or will the Council find Teacher before Manna can figure out the conspirator's true identity?