Guilt and innocence can be hard enough to determine without having to navigate through school, teachers, friends, enemies and girls. Meet Josiah Engel. Better at math than social skills, Josiah leads a quiet life as part of a big family in a small town. After disaster strikes the town, he finds himself drafted by the newest girl at school to prove her uncle innocent of causing the calamity. The life-changing encounter with Beatrice Loriston leads to threats, danger, pursuit and the discovery of new gifts.