A new school year has finally begun at Gulinger Private Academy, and half of the student body had unexpectedly vanished. . . along with some of the staff. And the only one who knows where they have gone is the main shareholder's son--Howard Richard Deacon III. Oh, and Tom Brown, though he doesn't realize he already knew it.

With the change, the school has also hired new staff. Including: a combat veteran, a crystal wearing goth-loving freak, a trained soldier, a retired SRA hunter, a psychic Russian teacher, and a CIA agent.

One of them is terrified of werewolves. One of them can punish kids with headaches. One will have a nervous break down. And one just might be a spy.

The games are afoot. And the kids of Gulinger are geared for action.