The world has fallen, fallen to dark things. In a remote village in Nicaragua Derek learns from his father and a friend what happened. He learns that the people he knows are not what they seem. They have extraordinary abilities and some may even be dangerous. They have all gone through terrible times and all are scarred in their own ways. They are all scarred by their enemy, a dangerous and invisible man. He has taken nearly everything from the boy and the people. What has happened to the world and what abilities does his father and friends have?