It is a new year at Ashby Prep Academy in San Catalin, California, for Warren Towers and his friends, Samuel and Johanna Hemmings, and Jesse Everton. Also known as 'The Descendents' by their peers. If high school wasn't stressful enough, they all struggle with the temptations of their supernatural powers. The mysterious new kids, siblings Ellie and Kane Sherwood, come to San Catalin and make things even more complicated. Can they discover the Sherwoods' true motive for moving to San Catalin and befriending 'The Descendents' before it's too late, or will Warren and Ellie's feelings for each other complicate everything?