17-year-old Becca has spent her whole life protecting her brother
- from their father leaving & from the people who say the voices in his head are unnatural. When two strangers appear with apparent answers to Rylands problem" & details about a school in Ireland where Ryland will not only fit in but prosper Becca is up in arms. She reluctantly agrees to join Ryland on his journey & what they find at St. Brigids is a world beyond their imagination. Little by little they piece together information about their familys heritage & the legend of the Holder race that decrees Ryland is the one theyve been waiting for. But they are all especially Becca in for a surprise that will change what they thought they knew about themselves & their kind."