After a childhood spent wandering across the United States, Paris Taylor is finally able to settle down and become a normal high school girl. She has a best friend, a perfect boyfriend, and a father who's taught her everything from how to surf to how to fix her hair.But everything changes when she turns eighteen and receives a gift that others would kill for, a gift that gives her powers beyond her understanding. With a shadowy international organization called the USI on their tail, Paris and her friends flee Utah and ultimately the country, but the USI is waiting for them every step of the way. Her only hope is to find her mother, the one person who cannot be found. But the USI is looking for her mother too, and they're willing to do whatever it takes to find her ...